“I can’t wait to defund the CBC and sell off the headquarters for housing,” Poilievre posted on X this summer. “I hear Stephen’s complaint from a substantial number of the CBC employees I know,” admitted veteran political journalist Paul Wells. Some views just don’t seem worthy of being recorded by the CBC, even if they are views held by sizable portions of the Canadian public. She is unable to name a single CBC conservative commentator. For a public broadcaster to survive today it must be considered a “must-have” by the public it serves.
