[Advisors] CBC also at risk in coming budget

[Marita Moll]

This message has been sent out through OpenMedia.=20
No surprise that the CBC will also be a target in the coming budget.

Marita

>  <http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected>http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected
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>- There's very little time to stop the plan to=20
>impose severe cuts on the CBC. The petition is=20
>nearing 20,000 signatures -=20
><http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected>let's get it there today.
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>MESSAGE START - please share with everyone you know
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>Just as this community comes together around new=20
>opportunities for the CBC, a few MPs (supported=20
>by Big Telecom1) have singled out the CBC for=20
>severe cuts in the impending budget decision.=20
>These cuts will damage our culture, new and our=20
>digital economy=97the proposed cuts are more than=20
>the current budget for all of CBC=92s digital programming!
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><http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected>Please let the=20
>government know that these cuts are=20
>unacceptable.<http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected>
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>Severe cuts will destroy the opportunity for the=20
>CBC to connect Canadians with new ideas and=20
>services. They will also cut off the only major=20
>media network that is independent from Canada=92s=20
>price-gouging Big Telecom giants.
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><http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected>Let=92s stand=20
>together and stop Canada from falling behind in a new era of news and=
 culture.
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>Local volunteers will deliver your messages to=20
>the offices of key Conservative MPs next week=20
>before the budget to show them that Canadians=20
>want to stay connected through the CBC.
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>Please add your voice at this crucial moment,=20
>and make sure key MPs know that there will be a=20
>political cost for damaging our news, our=20
>culture, and our digital future.=20
><http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected>Sign the=20
>petition now: http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected
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>For a strong Canadian future,
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>The OpenMedia.ca Team
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>P.S. Reimagine CBC Team relies on donations from=20
>people like you to stand up for open and=20
>participatory media system.=20
><http://reimaginecbc.ca/donate>Please consider=20
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>Footnotes
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>[1] From=20
><http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?key=3D-1&url_num=3D10&url=3Dht=
tp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2F1076574>Toronto=20
>Star: War of words heats up between CBC,=20
>Quebecor: =93University of Ottawa professor=20
>Marc-Fran=E7ois Bernier, who said Quebecor appears=20
>to be trying to further its own corporate agenda=20
>by going after the CBC. =91I think part of the=20
>purpose is to weaken CBC because CBC is a rather=20
>significant competitor, especially within the Quebec market,=92 said=
 Bernier.=94