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If you count the tax dollars they will save me when elected, then I suppose I am. So you see no issue with the sister-in-law of a Liberal cabinet minister being PROMOTED to ethics commissioner? My goodness the Libtards are teaching you well. She was NOT given that role under the CPC government no matter how much silly bugger you want to play.

Martine Richard steps down today. Whew..the Liberal scandals are just coming daily now. Hard to keep up.

He did so as PM for sure, a Conservative PM. His apology was on behalf of all of Canada because that was the only way to get the Liberals included in the apology since they refuse to do it themselves. Just saying, they held power for the majority of our country's existence, they could apologize on behalf of all their governments of the past as well. Most native leaders thought Trudeau would follow suit on behalf of the Liberals....so far...bupkus.

See above.

Ok fair enough...have a look at the Mainstreet poll. Pretty clear question there. I could find fall downs by every single polling company out there. 338 Canada considers Mainstreet polls to be very accurate and their methodology consistently sound. They are ranked 5th amongst 31 polling companies in Canada in terms of accuracy by Phillipe Fournier.

Nor did I define defunding. I would be happy with a CBC that simply pays it's own bills and generates it's own money. The Liberal party created the policy of residential schools to be kept and expanded in the Indian Act of 1876. There most definitely was a Liberal party then. I get it that the residential schools were around before confederation, but when Canada was created they could have and should have been abolished. Instead, whe Sir John A got caught pilfering railroads the Liberals used the opportunity to entrench them in the Indian Act of 1876. Easily the most racist and biggest piece of garbage legislation ever put forward in the history of Canada. Thank you Liberals.

No they weren't alone. Every government and church since deserves blame. I do read them and I am unclear why you think that is relevant. Obviously 46% of the people would rather source their news elsewhere than the CBC. Can't say I blame them.

Fine...then take a gander at the Mainstreet Poll. The question is not misleading at all or skewed in any way.

Well here is another poll for you then... not 64% but still pretty clearly shows that defunding the CBC is not just a few people squawking. Of those with an opinion the majority support defunding. https://old.ipolitics.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Canada_Sept_2022.pdf

They started them, and Joe Clark as leader of the opposition lobbied Trudeau to get rid of them and he refused. They were not abolished fully until 1987 by Brian Mulroney's PCs. So yeah...they definitely get their share of the blame, especially into the modern era when they still refused to close them. There sure are. I have heard and been witness to several apologies. Harper's was excellent, the Pope....well he apologized, the Anglican church apologized....haven't heard a Liberal apology yet...just saying.

This wasn't an opinion piece. It sourced an Angus Reid poll. Are you suggesting Angus Reid is biased? Yes, residential schools were a Liberal legacy of genocide. These are facts. Angus Reid poll correlates to the reporting. I am not suggesting that TN isn't biased in editorial opinion, but they had sourced a poll from a reputable polling agency. It is not just people on the right that hold these views. I have heard them from every political stripe my whole life. Angus Reid drew the same conclusions in their post poll summary. I guess you guys know how to interpret their polls better than they do.

No misusage, just your inability to comprehend.

That's a red herring. Economic impact would not worsen if they were to be defunded and forced to be self sufficient. In fact, it would likely grow. Taxpayers can choose what they want, native rights are entrenched by treaty and protected by the constitution. It's not a choice they can make. If the CBC had the same protection and guarantee of support, I suppose I would have to begrudgingly move my objections to other things that irk me.

We would get the same as we are getting now. Saying otherwise is just boogeyman politics. Over the last 50 years there has been no drop in First Nation funding when the PC/CPC have held power. The Liberals have promised the moon, but never delivered on any of their promises, The best party for FNs would likely be the NDP, but they will never be in a position of power. Also, I, and most FN people deeply resent the Indian Act and feel it is an obstacle to both self governance and native prosperity. Only one party has actually listened to our leadership on that.

True...but it's how they should work. If a majority of people do not find value in their tax dollars funding the CBC then it should be defunded. There are things such as health care, infrastructure, OAS, etc that are absolutely not within the scope of that. Crown corporations with the exception of utilities, however, need to be weighed by merit of the dollars they receive. I quite frankly believe that the CBC does not add a billion dollars of value to Canada and that government should not be in this business anymore. You suggest taxes don't work like that and I agree to some extent. However, governments tax, and they decide where our tax dollars go. I will vote for parties that spend on what I feel is important, and will not vote for those that don't. That's how we get a say, DIRECTLY, in how taxes are spent. Taxes aren't a right of government. They do not have carte blanche to spend our tax dollars as they see fit, nor to raise them at their whim. I agree with politicians who will cut government waste. I haven't seen anyone do it yet, but I like the concept.

That makes zero sense. Are you suggesting that first nation people don't have provincial/Federal voting interest? Pretty racist man.

Sorry meant reserve, No assumption, and the more you comment the less of an assumption it becomes.

https://tnc.news/2022/03/23/majority-of-canadians-support-defunding-the-cbc-poll/

No silly bugger. You are trying to make science and religion black and white and that simply is a stupid take.

Ok...they do weaponize spirituality at the local level as well. I wouldn't expect a white man to know about that as it's reserve politics.

That's your opinion, and their is no assumptions made at all.

Science and religiion can definitely intertwine.

You are a true Liberal, PO'ed because I don't see value in wasting money, and condescending enough to believe you have the right to tell me how improper it is that I should care about my money. Newsflash: 64% of Canadians want the CBC defunded. It's going to come. First Nations absolutely use their spirituality in their inner socioppolitical sphere. It's just localized.

If you can't grasp that everyone has different priorities for that dollar in their pocket, well that's on you. I don't believe I get value for that dollar a month from the CBC.

I never said they were too biased for me. I have learned to live with their bias Once you know something is biased, it's easy to weed through that. What they are to me is a gargantuan waste of taxpayer money. I have no issue with the CBC existing, I want government to quit funding them and let them walk on their own two feet. I am not a strong proponent of crown corporations. I don't believe they are very well run for the most part.