Liberal Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge declined to explain the stacked taxpayer-funded CBC advisory panel made up of seven appointees who have previously received funding from the Trudeau Liberals. The panel of seven are all beneficiaries of federal funding including direct payments from St-Onge’s heritage department. It includes two subsidized publishers and a former Trudeau Foundation scholar, per Blacklock’s Reporter. Former Trudeau Foundation scholar Mike Ananny, who is now at the University of Southern California in the US is an appointee, as is Marie-Philippe Bouchard, CEO of TV5 Québec, a media agency that received a $1.6 million grant on January 1. Catalina Briceno, who is a former paid researcher for the National Film Board, is on the committee, joined by Loc Dao, executive director of the Interactive and Digital Media Industry Association of British Columbia that received a $720,000 grant January 12 and Jennifer McGuire, managing director of Pink Triangle Press that received $678,437 in federal subsidies in the past year excluding payroll rebates. The heritage minister also appointed David Skok, editor of The Logic that received $371,294 in federal grants and contracts in the past year excluding payroll rebates, and Jesse Wente, the Trudeau-appointed chair of the Canada Council for the Arts..“It’s not even a partisan issue,” St-Onge claimed speaking to reporters May 7. “It is because Canada deserves to have a public broadcaster that is strong and viable.”St-Onge on Monday appointed a seven-member “expert advisory committee to “provide advice on how to strengthen and renew the public broadcaster.” The minister’s office refused to explain the appointment process. The panel will not be required to issue any report. St-Onge, after raising CBC subsidies by $96.1 million to a record $1.38 billion this year, earlier told reporters she “want(s) to ensure the CBC is well positioned to face the coming decades in a context where media have great difficulty.” “Canadians will have a clear choice in the next election,” said St-Onge. “We think Canada deserves to have a public broadcaster that is strong and viable for decades to come.”Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre has proposed to cut CBC subsidies altogether. “The CBC frankly is a biased propaganda arm of the Liberal Party and frankly negatively affects all media,” he told reporters in 2023. “We need a neutral and free media, not a propaganda arm for the Liberal Party.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
Liberal Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge declined to explain the stacked taxpayer-funded CBC advisory panel made up of seven appointees who have previously received funding from the Trudeau Liberals. The panel of seven are all beneficiaries of federal funding including direct payments from St-Onge’s heritage department. It includes two subsidized publishers and a former Trudeau Foundation scholar, per Blacklock’s Reporter. Former Trudeau Foundation scholar Mike Ananny, who is now at the University of Southern California in the US is an appointee, as is Marie-Philippe Bouchard, CEO of TV5 Québec, a media agency that received a $1.6 million grant on January 1. Catalina Briceno, who is a former paid researcher for the National Film Board, is on the committee, joined by Loc Dao, executive director of the Interactive and Digital Media Industry Association of British Columbia that received a $720,000 grant January 12 and Jennifer McGuire, managing director of Pink Triangle Press that received $678,437 in federal subsidies in the past year excluding payroll rebates. The heritage minister also appointed David Skok, editor of The Logic that received $371,294 in federal grants and contracts in the past year excluding payroll rebates, and Jesse Wente, the Trudeau-appointed chair of the Canada Council for the Arts..“It’s not even a partisan issue,” St-Onge claimed speaking to reporters May 7. “It is because Canada deserves to have a public broadcaster that is strong and viable.”St-Onge on Monday appointed a seven-member “expert advisory committee to “provide advice on how to strengthen and renew the public broadcaster.” The minister’s office refused to explain the appointment process. The panel will not be required to issue any report. St-Onge, after raising CBC subsidies by $96.1 million to a record $1.38 billion this year, earlier told reporters she “want(s) to ensure the CBC is well positioned to face the coming decades in a context where media have great difficulty.” “Canadians will have a clear choice in the next election,” said St-Onge. “We think Canada deserves to have a public broadcaster that is strong and viable for decades to come.”Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre has proposed to cut CBC subsidies altogether. “The CBC frankly is a biased propaganda arm of the Liberal Party and frankly negatively affects all media,” he told reporters in 2023. “We need a neutral and free media, not a propaganda arm for the Liberal Party.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.