Comments on: CBC

By: Gillian

Gillian — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:12:09 +0000

@Garth I don’t think it would be as funny if Hanomansing had done a better job of the impression; we expect news anchors to be a certain way. Who knows, maybe he was playing himself playing Shaun Majumder?

@Geoff G I’ve thought the same thing about the French broadcasts in Vancouver. I figured it was a principle thing (we’re a bilingual country, etc.), as opposed to actually useful. Perhaps principles need to be pushed aside when money’s not aplenty.

By: Geoff G.

Geoff G. — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:05:16 +0000

While I enjoy Radio One, some facets of the CBC ‘financial crisis’ confuse me. For example, why are huge amounts of money spent west of the Lakehead on French-language over-the-air radio and TV broadcasts? This seems like a waste of precious funds. In this day and age, anyone at home in Vancouver who wants to listen to or watch French-language broadcasts could easily do so over the internet. Anyone who wants to listen to French programming in the car could easily download and play podcasts – Just as anyone who wants to listen to Italian in their car could do. I say shut down these money pits and direct these funds elsewhere.

I’d even make the same argument for English-language over-the-air broadcasts in some parts of Quebec.

By: Garth

Garth — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:34:56 +0000

Ian Hanomansing can’t help but enunciate properly. He is pretty bad as a rapper comedian guy.

By: Mona

Mona — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:30:50 +0000

i briefly worked for R3 many years ago and thus fulfilled my inner cbc fangirl. cbc cuts are stupid.

By: mjwatts@mac.com

mjwatts@mac.com — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:39:14 +0000

It’s very sad. CBC radio has been a cornerstone of my life since I was a child. I can’t imagine Canada without the CBC. I was dreaming, the other day, that I had won the lottery. I donated all my winnings to the CBC.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:33:47 +0000

I love Being Erica…I hope it’ll be back for another season! If not, I hope 22 Minutes stays funny

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:57:18 +0000

I agree – it’s really sad to see so many cuts at the CBC. Isn’t the government supposed to be *creating* jobs in a Depression? Wouldn’t funding the CBC, thus preserving all this good stuff and keeping people employed be a good way to do that?