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<div id="divRpF733614" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Ian Morrison - FRIENDS [ian.morrison@friends.ca]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 22, 2014 8:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gregory C. Michalenko<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Breaking: More CBC cuts coming<br>
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<div style="text-align:center">Harper can’t drown us all out!</div>
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<p>Dear Greg,</p>
<h3>Very reliable sources tell me that a new round of CBC cuts that could profoundly diminish our national public broadcaster is in the early stages of development.</h3>
<p>This is the latest attempt by Harper and company to silence and control our CBC.</p>
<p><strong>But Harper can’t drown us all out.</strong> To stop this plan before it’s too late, we must mount the barricades with a huge online and offline protest.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=234117&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.friends.ca/files/Images/14may22-freethecbc.gif" alt="Free the CBC" border="0"></a></p>
<h3><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=234118&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank">Please watch and share the video and sign the petition.</a></h3>
<p>Just weeks ago, CBC President Hubert Lacroix laid off 657 of CBC’s creative staff and announced sweeping service reductions to deal with Stephen Harper’s deep cuts to CBC’s budget.
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<p>As a result, some of CBC’s most iconic and talented personalities are leaving – such as Linden McIntyre who counts four decades with CBC, eight Geminis, an International Emmy and numerous other awards among his accolades. Other distinguished Radio and TV
news people like Alison Smith and Nancy Wilson are also saying goodbye.</p>
<p>But these cuts are apparently not enough to compensate for Harper’s destructive agenda that has left our national public broadcaster reeling. According to my trusted sources, the current plan includes:</p>
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<h4><strong>Gutting CBC Radio Two</strong> and shutting down its over-the-air distribution in favour of distributing music exclusively on-line</h4>
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<h4>Significant reductions to CBC Television’s high-quality, award-winning, non-commercial morning
<strong>children’s programs</strong></h4>
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<h4>Cuts to <strong>local programming</strong>, turning our CBC into a ‘Toronto Broadcasting Corporation’</h4>
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<h4>Killing the most distinctively <strong>Canadian shows</strong> on CBC Television</h4>
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<p>Click here for more details on the cuts:</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=234119&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank">http://www.friends.ca/FreeTheCBC/</a></strong></p>
<p>These cuts and more are hinted at in a rigged and manipulative survey the CBC has posted online to stimulate a “conversation” with viewers and listeners.
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<p>Even before this so-called conversation is complete, Harper’s hand-picked Board and CEO are at work behind the scenes, planning to diminish our national public broadcaster.</p>
<p>Make no mistake, Harper’s mission is to mute and control our CBC, if he cannot destroy it completely.
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<p>Harper has systematically attacked the CBC, with <a href="http://www.friends.ca/blog-post/238" target="_blank">
draconian cuts to its funding</a>, <a href="http://www.friends.ca/blog-post/11728" target="_blank">
stacking its Board with Conservative Party donors</a>, and <a href="http://www.friends.ca/presentation" target="_blank">
grabbing new powers</a> to undermine the independence of our national public broadcaster.
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<p>FRIENDS has produced a <strong>new satirical video</strong> to gather support for the independence and funding of our national public broadcaster in its hour of greatest need. </p>
<p>We’ve got to show Harper and his henchmen that the political cost of killing the CBC far outweighs whatever neo-conservative benefits he hopes to achieve.</p>
<p><strong>Please take action right away and share this campaign with your friends and family on social media and by email.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=234120&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.friends.ca/files/Images/14may22-freethecbc-button.gif" alt="Take Action Now" style="display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto" border="0"></a></p>
<p>Working together we can build our movement so even Harper can’t drown us all out!<br>
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Yours sincerely, </p>
<p><img src="http://www.friends.ca/files/html/IanMorrisonSig.gif" alt="Ian Morrison" height="47" width="135" border="0"></p>
<p>Ian Morrison<br>
Spokesperson<br>
FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting </p>
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