We can argue that they are "competing", or maybe they are ADDING.... content and information that my not otherwise be available. The French Language services, radio services, investigative, etc.
I might even suggest that "keeping a black book on Sun" as a useful add-on service... After all, SOMEBODY has to do it. The RCMP used public money to keep dossiers on people like Tommy Douglas, so what's the big deal about CBC on Sun?
The CBC is the cultural equivalent of "research". Some things work, some things don't, but a lot of people get training and experience, and the consumers get some stuff they would never see anywhere else.
Yes, the CBC should be under scruitiny.... (everything should, including our corporate laws).... And yes, it was perhaps more relevant historically than it is now... But be very careful about throwing away your cultural assets.
Or else the Sun News's of this world might just become your cultural norm.
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