Our state broadcaster, publicly funded, is mired in ideology and short on responsible journalism. It’s alienated viewers for years. Why anyone would watch the drivel it dispenses is beyond me, but then I don’t buy lottery tickets or follow the Game of Thrones. There is also a TV network, publicly funded, to enrich our understanding of Indigenous cultures, identities and languages. Sometimes these organizations join forces.
The CBC "prank show" deception scandal is getting so much worse.
The producers (operating under fake identities/fake company names with fake websites) told a number of RCMP veterans – people who dedicated their lives to serving on the frontlines – that they were invited to film…
— Lindsay Shepherd (@NewWorldHominin) May 17, 2026
h/t Auntie Polly
Two women say they were targeted by a CBC- and APTN-produced comedy series that conducted prank interviews with people who have expressed controversial opinions about Canada’s residential schools.
Frances Widdowson and Lindsay Shepherd, two public figures who have been critical of the coverage of possible unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site in B.C., shared social media posts this week detailing how they say they were tricked into prank interviews.
It was only a prank says the CBC which has forgiven itself.
In truth it was a government attempt to smear people for having the “wrong views”.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has been involved, the extent of which is currently unknown, in creating deceptive prank videos that target some of the country’s loudest political dissidents.
There are two words to describe the involvement of a public broadcaster in such a project: blatant propaganda.
CALGARY — Questions are being asked about taxpayer-funded activism and media ethics after former Mount Royal University professor Dr. Frances Widdowson and author Lindsay Shepherd alleged they were specifically targeted in an elaborate prank operation.
This is one you’re not going to believe…
On today’s episode of the Candice Malcolm Show, Candice shares government documents Juno News has uncovered showing that CBC has hired at least 20 Temporary Foreign Workers in their Ontario offices.
h/t Patti Jo
A leaked audio recording of an internal CBC disciplinary meeting for a national news anchor reveals the public broadcaster’s tension over its policies on journalistic standards and freedom clashing with protecting its corporate image.
Girls’ softball was an inclusive sport in Alberta. For this teen, a new law could end that
Riley Simpson has been playing softball since they were nine years old. They fell in love with the sport after watching their older sister play.
In June, their softball team won the Edmonton city championship and Riley was hoping to play on higher-level teams as they grew and got better.
In Alberta, where Riley is from, most competitive softball teams are girls’ teams. This has never been a problem for Riley, who recently turned 15 years old and is non-binary, thanks to inclusive sporting policies, a co-ed mentality in softball and pre-puberty androgyny.
CBC is a pedophile grooming gang.
If you are looking for solid analysis and balanced reporting on climate change and climate policy, you are unlikely to get it from CBC News. See, for example, a story last week on Ontario’s climate targets. Internal documents from the public service project Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions will be around 145 megatonnes in 2030, depending on industry actions and other factors. If the projection holds, the province would miss its target to reduce emissions to 142 megatonnes by 2030. The environment minister, appearing to contradict these projections, said on June 5th that the Progressive Conservative government’s plan “is working” and that the province was in fact on track to hit its targets.
In the middle of the election campaign, Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to pay the CBC more money, waving around about $150 million in fresh taxpayer cash.
CBC covered that big scoop, with a headline calling the CBC “underfunded.”
Think about that scene.
At all times, during an election period and beyond, the media must report accurate information and, when necessary, correct the record. For example, following the English-language federal leaders’ debate on April 17, CBC reporter Jonathon Gatehouse appeared on CBC News and “fact-checked” a statement by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who had referenced a study published by the Fraser Institute. Unfortunately, during the segment, Gatehouse got his facts wrong.
That’s the CBC’s job.
During election night coverage, some CBC pundits dropped much of the pretense of impartiality as soon as an “at least Liberal minority” was predicted shortly after 10 p.m. ET. At this point, the national broadcaster’s hosts and commentators could breathe a sigh of relief that they wouldn’t be delivering their own eulogy.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney said on Friday that his government would provide an initial $150-million annual funding increase to CBC and Radio-Canada as part of a new mandate for the public broadcaster.
“When we compare ourselves to the U.K., France or Germany, we see that our public broadcaster is underfunded,” Carney said in French during a campaign stop in Montreal. “That has to change.”
That initial funding top-up could rise, Carney said.
New CBC boss wants ’national conversation’ on Conservatives’ vow to defund the public broadcaster
OTTAWA — With U.S. President Donald Trump making “territorial claims,” the new head of CBC says defunding the public broadcaster could erode a pillar of Canada’s cultural identity.
Marie-Philippe Bouchard, CEO of CBC-Radio-Canada, is calling for a “national conversation” on the Conservative promise to defund, and is launching a tour to get it started.
CBC’s senior management expressed frustration with media coverage of its $14.9 million in executive bonuses, according to internal emails obtained through Access to Information requests by Blacklock’s Reporter.
CBC executives complained that other news media published details about the bonuses without giving the public broadcaster adequate time to respond, even as the corporation implemented widespread job cuts and claimed financial difficulties.
