Peter Menzies: What Could Poilievre’s Promised ‘Defunding’ of the CBC Look Like?
Commentary
We will find out in a couple of weeks if the survival of the CBC—the organization conservatives most love to hate—will be at stake in the next federal election.
The vow to “Defund the CBC” has been prominent in Pierre Poilievre’s campaign to be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) and, possibly, Canada’s next prime minister.
Given that the CPC’s weighted electoral system has about as much in common with first past the post-democracy as witchcraft has with Catholicism, there is no guarantee Poilievre, the assumed frontrunner, will win when the votes are tallied on Sept. 10….