The Conservatives despise the public broadcaster on ideological grounds. And so, Poilievre has sometimes suggested a Conservative government would maintain funding for the public broadcaster in French, but slash its English component to near zero. Unlike some US news outlets, CBC does not see itself as a cheerleader for one side. CNN, for instance, brands its own coverage of this crisis as “Israel at War”, not War in the Middle East or some other more balanced term. She should answer all questions respectfully, but remind MPs that politicians have no right to interfere in the day-to-day operations of the public broadcaster.
