Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused Pierre Poilievre, the Leader of Conservative Party of enlisting billionaires in United States to attack Canada’s public broadcaster, after Poilievre prompted Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, to label the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) “government-funded.”
Poilievre disclosed on Twitter recently that he had written to Musk to demand that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation be labelled “accurately”. After the disclosure, some CBC Twitter feeds started carrying the “government-funded Media” label.
Poilievre took over the Conservative Party in 2022 and he is campaigning to defund the CBC, revered the decision, and tweeted: “now people know that it is Trudeau propaganda, not news”.
CBC responded that it is funded by the government-funded but is “publicly funded through a parliamentary appropriation that is voted upon by all Members of Parliament.”
CBC tweeted: “Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue. That is why we are pausing our activities on @Twitter.”
While speaking to reporters, Trudeau said: “Attacking this Canadian institution, attacking the culture and local content that is so important to so many Canadians, really indicates the values and the approach that Mr. Poilievre is putting forward.
“In order to attack this institution that is important for many, many Canadians, he runs to American billionaires, the tech giants that they continue to defend.”
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