[All] Fwd: CBC Sold!

[Robert Milligan]

Hi All,

Although the CBC could be doing a much better job -- relative to their  
original mandate at least -- they are not as market-controlled as the  
private networks. As a result their environmental reporting and  
programming is of a higher
order, e.g. The Nature of Things. So if the Harper gang of ideological  
bullies -- extreme ideology can make smart people stupid -- decide to  
sell off all or part of the CBC, then our local community (including  
NGOs like GREN) should apply pressure to our Conservative MPs as  
creatively as possible, A symbolic tar & feathering of Harper -- then  
burning "him" in effigy -- in front of local MP offices comes to mind  
as a  series of possibilities IF ... .

Robert M.

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> From: Ian Morrison - FRIENDS <ian.morrison at friends.ca>
> Date: November 29, 2011 11:01:56 AM GMT-05:00
> To: mill at continuum.org
> Subject: CBC Sold!
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> Every day in the House of Commons, the level of outright disdain and  
> animosity toward the CBC is on prominent display among Harper  
> government Ministers and backbenchers.
>
> But balancing this fear is hope that a new and powerful campaign we  
> are launching today will marshal public support and demonstrate to  
> the government that the political price of attacking the CBC is just  
> too high.
>
> Friends’ new campaign – STOP THE CBC SMACKDOWN – is built around a  
> satirical dramatization of the worst-case scenario: that our CBC is  
> sold.
>
> Robert, please go to the new campaign site right now. It is urgent  
> that you do.
>
> When you visit the campaign, you will meetLance Fury, the CBC’s new  
> owner-operator. Lance is a former professional wrestling promoter  
> from the U.S. who knows what Canadians want – and he’s going to give  
> it to us!
>
> Lance’s message to Canadians about his plans for the CBC comes in  
> two short videos posted on the campaign site.
>
> After you view the videos, please sign the petition, and share the  
> campaign with your friends and colleagues.
>
> Almost every day in the House of Commons,Conservative MPs stand in  
> their places and call for the de-funding or privatization of our  
> national public broadcaster. Heritage Minister James Moore, who  
> promised to increase or maintain CBC funding just a few months ago  
> now speaks about the CBC in the same breath as the Canadian Wheat  
> Board, which the government intends to kill.
>
> Please join me in standing up for our public broadcaster. The future  
> survival of the CBC could well depend on it.
>
>
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
>
> Ian Morrison
> Spokesperson
> FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting
>
> P.S. To stop Harper & Co. there are three things you can do right now:
>
> Watch the videos
> Sign the petition
> Share the campaign with your networks
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> Canadian programming
> and is not affiliated with any broadcaster or political party.
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