Canadian taxpayer group demands Trudeau end billions in funding to state-run CBC
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‘The CBC costs taxpayers more than $1 billion per year and the federal government is giving media organizations a $600 million bailout,’ reads a petition from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
(LifeSiteNews) – A Canadian taxpayer group started a petition to demand that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau end the billions of dollars in subsidies given to the state-run Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as well as other mainstream media outlets.
“The CBC costs taxpayers more than $1 billion per year and the federal government is giving media organizations a $600 million bailout,” reads the petition by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF).
“We, the undersigned, call on the federal government to defund the CBC and end its media bailout.”
CTF director Kris Sims said as reported by True North News that they decided to launch the petition because “Canadians should decide which news outlets they prefer and to support them financially if they choose to do so.”
Sims added that Canadians should not be “forced to pay for” the CBC “through the government.”
The CTF says it is a “not-for-profit citizen’s group dedicated to lower taxes, less waste and accountable government.”