Recent comments by senior members of Stephen Harper's government reveal a troubling ideological antipathy towards public broadcasting.
On November 23rd, 2010, Dean Del Mastro, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage mused publicly about killing our public broadcaster by getting "out of the broadcasting business".
Then on February 16, 2011, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney was quoted by the Canadian Press as saying “The CBC lies all the time.”
It's widely known that Prime Minister Harper exercises extremely tight control of his government’s messaging. None of his Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries or MPs speak out without prior approval from the Prime Minister’s Office.
We recognize the threat posed by Harper could be the most serious peril CBC has ever faced. Now is the time for all of us who love and depend on the CBC to stand up and be counted.
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