US EditionCBC has escaped defunding, for now. So what happens next?
- The Liberal government holds a minority position in Parliament in 2025, narrowly missing a majority, allowing it to maintain CBC/Radio-Canada funding for now but risking early elections if coalition support diminishes.
- This situation arose after Conservatives repeatedly campaigned on defunding the CBC and after the CBC sued the Conservatives over copyright violations in 2019, creating lasting animosity.
- The Liberals promised a statutory federal funding increase of $150 million to make CBC funding more stable, with plans to adopt some governance and mandate changes proposed by the previous minister Pascale St-Onge.
- Surveys show 45 percent of Canadians consider maintaining CBC more important now amid shifting Canada-US relations under Trump, while experts caution Conservative hostility toward CBC may persist without changes.
- Experts believe the CBC’s future is likely secure for approximately 18 months under the Carney Liberal government, although they caution that political uncertainty could limit the time available for the government to deliver on its promises.
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CBC has escaped defunding, for now. So what happens next?
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·Winnipeg, Canada
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OTTAWA—At the beginning of the year, the CBC was faced with the possibility of being deprived of its funding by a Conservative government. But after the political wind turned in favour of Mark Carney's Liberals, the public broadcaster obtained a suspension — giving the minority Liberal government a short margin of manoeuvre to implement the changes it was proposing. "I think Mr. Carney's victory has ensured the CBC's future for now, at least as …
·Richelieu, Canada
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