When it comes to the news industry, affairs are urgent and the CBC is a priority that has to be dealt with. Its dual commercial/public broadcaster role is distorting the market and has to end.
Tulane University law professor Amy Gajda joins Hub Dialogues to discuss the trade-offs between free speech and privacy in our interconnected social media age, including the tensions between the public’s right to know and the individual’s right to be left alone.
Lydia Perović joins Hub Dialogues to discuss her immigrant story and how Canada has changed since she arrived, including its declining culture and its troubling turn towards illiberalism.
Many Canadians want the CBC to be a public broadcaster as it was envisioned, connecting Canadians, advertising-free. Trouble is, it doesn’t care. It wants to be something else.
In spite of the evidence, the Trudeau government continues to adhere to misguided thinking with Bill C-11. Its views about the internet and Canadian culture reflect a net-zero understanding that underestimates Canadian content creators.
The CBC continues to produce programming that defies popular taste, but not for the right reasons. Our national public broadcaster has almost entirely abandoned its role as patron and promoter of high culture.
Canadian YouTuber J.J. McCullough appeared at Heritage Committee on Wednesday to give his thoughts on Bill C-11, the government’s online streaming legislation.
Rather than dismissing the CBC as a waste of taxpayer dollars, we should acknowledge it as a critical incubator of soft power—a currency that’s more powerful than ever before in a global landscape dominated by social media and steaming platforms.
CPC leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre spoke with Dr. Jordan Peterson about his candidacy, the Freedom Convoy, and defunding the CBC.
Washington Post columnist and popular YouTuber J.J. McCullough joins Hub Dialogues to discuss the world of YouTube, his heterodox worldview, and why his thinking and writing often triggers mainstream pundits.
