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OTTAWA — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Pierre Poilievre's criticisms of the CBC amount to an attack on Canadian culture by the Conservative leader — and Quebec and francophone culture, in particular.
CBC receives roughly $1 billion in taxpayer money annually, but it contends the label is inaccurate because it maintains editorial independence and receives its funding through a vote in Parliament. "This is not just an attack against independent journalists," Singh told reporters Monday, speaking in French."But it is also an attack against Canadian culture, particularly Quebec culture and francophone culture."
Pierre Paul-Hus, one of two Conservative MPs that Poilievre tapped to serve on his House of Commons leadership team, responded on the platform to say the Bloc leader's assertion of looming cuts was false. Making gains in the seat-rich province has proved challenging for the federal party, whose support is heavily concentrated in Western Canada. Since the 2006 federal election that elected Stephen Harper, the Tories' best showing in the province was to hold a dozen seats.
Spokesman Leon Mar said in a statement last week that to fund Radio-Canada and not CBC"would change the very nature of how programs and services are funded in Canada to target public money at only one language group."
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