WATCH: CBC Radio according to Stephen Harper . . .

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WATCH: Video Vault: CBC Radio according to Stephen Harper...

[ http://www.friends.ca/cbc-radio-according-to-harper ]

On the eve of the general election, FRIENDS has decided to re-launch a series of viral videos that confront the damage Stephen Harper has done to our CBC.

Please watch, enjoy and share far and wide!

WATCH: CBC Radio according to Stephen Harper...
[ http://www.friends.ca/cbc-radio-according-to-harper ]

On February 26, 2009, CBC President Hubert Lacroix announced “a revenue shortfall of $55 to $60 million” and suggested that CBC was looking at new options for funding, such as putting ads on CBC Radio.

In November 2007, Stephen Harper appointed Lacroix, a Montreal lawyer who had contributed the maximum legal amount to a Conservative candidate in the 2006 general election. Shortly thereafter, Harper’s hidden agenda to damage public broadcasting was coming into focus and FRIENDS took every opportunity to illustrate his true intentions towards the CBC.

In March of 2009, FRIENDS launched the "CBC Radio according to Stephen Harper..." campaign with three short viral videos.

In the glare of this spotlight, Lacroix backed off placing ads on CBC Radio One. As you may know, four years later CBC started running ads on Radio 2 (with poor results).

The videos are satirical and over-the-top, but they point to a hard truth: funding cuts, attacking editorial independence and patronage appointments of unqualified directors by a government hostile to public broadcasting are anything but funny.

Please watch these three short videos and pass them along to your friends, family and your social networks.

Many thanks,

Ian Morrison
Spokesperson
FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting
[ http://www.friends.ca/ ]
200/238-131 Bloor Street West,
Toronto, ON, M5S 1R8,
866-833-1282

FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting is an independent watchdog for Canadian programming and is not affiliated with any broadcaster or political party.