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Harper Plans to Turn CBC into a State Broadcaster

BREAKING: Harper plans to turn CBC into state broadcaster: The legislation tabled yesterday effectively eliminates the arms-length relationship with government that’s at the heart of public broadcasting .. April 30th 2013 

After C-38, Harper forced CBC to take an oath of allegiance to his government; now like the RCMP; Harper is moving to remove independence of the CBC.

“The CPC government’s budget bill contains disturbing changes that introduce direct government interference in the public broadcaster’s activities. It is a move that should concern all Canadians.

The new changes would allow the government to directly interfere in the day to day running of the Corporation.

At the heart is a plan for direct interference in collective bargaining between the CBC and its employees.

The legislation even goes so far as to place a member of the Treasury Board at the bargaining table.

CBC’s government appointed Board of Directors would now have to seek government approval to reach any agreement with CBC employees.

“This is an outrageous and unnecessary violation of the principle of public broadcasting. It undermines nearly 80 years of public broadcasting in Canada and around the world by meddling with the essential arms-length relationship between the CBC and the government of the day.

The change is disturbing as it has all the markings of an attempt to turn the CBC into a state broadcaster,” said Carmel Smyth, National president of the Canadian Media Guild (CMG), the largest union that represents CBC workers.

Marc-Philippe Laurin, CMG Branch president at CBC, calls the change unprecedented. “This is a dangerous road to go down,” he comments. “And make no mistake, this is not about the money.

The CPC is effectively modifying the Broadcasting Act to inject itself into decisions such as staffing that have a major impact on everything that’s done at the CBC.”

Smyth noted that besides this aggressive intrusion into public broadcasting, there are other recent examples of this conservative government interfering in the labour relations process such as at Canada Post and Air Canada, and all Canadians should be concerned.

“We oppose this change vigorously and are looking at all our options,” she said.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

we need to impeach harper

urge to kill rising

How the fuck is harper still in power.

Queen Street, Toronto. (via daily dose of imagery)

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See this picture? This comes from a town in Canada where a 24 pack of water bottles is 104 dollars and formula milk for a baby is priced at 55 dollars a pack. What’s more, a pack of diapers is 95 dollars and one head of lettuce is 26 dollars. Inuit people are starving in a country known for it’s generosity.

If you don’t believe this is true, you can find more images like this here. This is the only grocery store these people have in their small towns, and many people are going hungry & elderly are dying faster.

You’ll send aid to foreign children that are starving, so why won’t you pay a little extra to feed the people in your own country who work hard & still can’t afford the prices for healthy food for their families?

Please have a heart and reblog this photo to raise awareness that even in our own countries people are starving, join the movement and show the government that we won’t sit by and watch people starve. 

Children in a first world country are getting sick & starving, and nobody is even aware it’s happening. You can let people know by reblogging and showing you care. People I am close to, my friends and future in-laws are going through this. 

Love how little attention this post gets from my beach blog followers.

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