The CBC Has No Business in the Car Seats of the Nation
Whatever one thinks of the CBC, it normally has a pretty smart crop of people running the show. It might be as sensationalized as the next network (insert reference the Guergis Jaffair), and many have questions about its ideological leanings, but it’s normally sufficiently professional in most circumstances.
As of yesterday, the CBC became the next government entity after the Revenue Agency and departments of Transportation, Environment and Industry/General Motors to care about what car a private citizen buys with his or her own money. Following yesterday’s joint press conference and meeting between the CTF and Minister Finley, Chris Rands ran a non-story about what car we used to drop off twelve, 2-feet tall piles of petitions. Needless to say, they were a bit heavy to carry across downtown Ottawa on a warm day in a suit.
The car of interest to the CBC’s Chris Rands was bought at a bargin price, but required yours truly to go to Buffalo, NY to get it, tow it back to Canada, have it rebuilt with a replacement engine, and then do a good deal of body-work on it myself, which is still ongoing. None of this is to say that what car I drive, is the business of a taxpayer-funded national broadcaster.
Perhaps it is in the government’s overall interest that I be shamed into buying one of their cars from GM or Chrysler, but since I am already a shareholder of those companies, I figured it best to keep business and personal matters apart and buy from outside of those respective quasi-crown corps.
“BMWs have a certain cachet of new wealth and privilege in Canada, even though the one used this morning was an elderly 3 Series built in the 1990s. Can you imagine what the Canadian Taxpayers Federation would say if an opposition party or non-governmental organization used a BMW in their photo op?”
Well, either “nothing, or “lets race”, assuming that it was owned privately and legitimately earned. In other words, none of our business either.
April 27, 2010
Tags: Auto Bailout, BMW, CBC, Chris Rands, Clifford Olson, Diane Finley, General Motors, GM, Helena Guergis, HRSDC, Minister Finley, NoBailouts.ca, Prisoner Pensios, Rahim Jaffer Posted in: Blog Content
5 Responses
“but it’s normally sufficiently professional in most circumstances.”
Except in this case ,I assume? I find the CBC often as “professional” as the National Inquirer, a gossipy propaganda vehicle for the Anybody-But-Conservative Party.
The sneering ,petty putdown is stock in trade for a group of Reporters who really have nothing to contribute to the general discussion, but they DO like to appear “cool”.
The sooner the government cut’s off the CBC’s annual $1 billion+ subsidies, the better. It’s just shovelful of BS after another with this lefty organization (how about Frank Graves this past week?)
I whole-heartedly agree with dmorris’ comments!
a futher petition should be started to gather support to defund the CBC, permanently.
- hopefully the names gathered would be large – it is unacceptable that this money losing leftist juggernaut is subsidized by taxpayers, and the annual billion would look good paying down the deficit, if it could be brought about
My husband and I always have a bet going on what will be the lead story on the CBC News and how it will be a negative twist on the government. Last night the lead story was about the upcoming G8 summit and how Canada would be left out as the only member against abortion funding for the third world. Now in what world is this the most important story last night?
My cheque will be in the mail to the CPC in support to getting this left wing biased propaganda trash talk to be a a pay per view channel. Let the Liberals PAY for it if they
support it. The Jaffer/Guergis, one sided reporting for the last month was the last straw. They should go further and have them held for liable.
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