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Friday, July 11, 2025

Taxpayers on the hook for multi-million dollar CBC-TV bailout

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True North
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The Liberal government wants taxpayers to bailout the CBC after reporting abysmal advertising revenues. 

According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the CBC will get a 9.8% increase in funding for 2020, alongside an additional $33,733,999 grant.

Since the first quarter of 2019, ad revenue has declined by nearly $10 million. In 2020, the CBC reported $38.5 million in ad revenue, while a year prior they were able to net $48.2 million.

Even before the pandemic, the CBC has struggled with profitability and abysmal viewership percentages.

In 2019, only 0.8% of Canadians tuned in to watch CBC news’ evening broadcasts. 

Meanwhile, annual earnings fell by 37% when compared to the previous year.  

Each year, the CBC receives $1.2 billion from taxpayers. Over the past five years the amount of ad revenue the company has managed to earn has shrunk by 53%.

“Our objective is not to make money but to provide a service and fulfil our mandate. We reinvent ourselves every year to try and find new ways to do things because we have to offer more, but with a smaller budget. So that requires visionary talent,” said Radio-Canada Executive Vice President Michel Bissonnette.

The CBC recently announced it will be laying off 130 employees across the country. 

“As a result of some necessary changes with respect to resizing our business, a number of positions from within the organization will no longer be a part of our workforce come the end of the calendar year,” wrote CBC executive vice-president Barbara Williams to staff.

Poor revenue and higher costs were some of the reasons mentioned for the downsizing. 

KNIGHT: The rule of law trumps political correctness

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Leo Knight
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Four years ago, Ottawa Police Constable Daniel Montsion was charged with manslaughter and suspended from duty after an altercation with Abdirahman Abdi, who died shortly after his arrest.

This week, Constable Montsion was acquitted of all charges.

Leftist activists are up in arms, claiming this arrest was yet another example of “systemic racism” in the police.

True North’s Leo Knight is glad the rule of law overtook the nonsense of political correctness. Leo says Constable Montsion should be restored to active duty.

ESKENASI: Another broken promise by Justin Trudeau

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Sam Eskenasi
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After years of promising to deliver tangible results to First Nation communities with no clean drinking water, Justin Trudeau walked back his pledge to end all water-boil advisories by March 2021 earlier this week.

In a first-world country like Canada, it is unacceptable that some First Nations still don’t have access to clean drinking water.

Sam Eskenasi discusses Trudeau’s latest broken promise.

Canada’s inefficient and ineffective carbon tax

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Andrew Lawton
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A new Fraser Institute report looking at carbon taxes in wealthy OECD counties, like Canada, has found that none of the countries putting a price on carbon emissions are doing so in a way that is economically or environmentally sound. The report’s author, Fraser Institute associate director of natural resource studies Dr. Elmira Aliakbari, joined The Andrew Lawton Show to discuss.

Read the report here.

Watch the full episode here.

FUREY: The anti-Trump narrative is starting to backfire

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True North
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The left and the media are constantly painting President Trump in a negative light. We’ve all heard the accusations before – he’s supposedly “racist,” “homophobic” and so forth.

So why is Trump’s support among Black voters and LGBTQ voters higher than ever?

True North’s Anthony Furey says the voters are starting to question the media and the left’s accusations.

Everything’s a Confidence Motion

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Andrew Lawton
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Justin Trudeau has found a new way to keep the NDP on side: make everything a confidence motion, whether or not it actually is. With the NDP afraid of going to the polls and the Conservatives claiming it would be irresponsible to have an election during a pandemic, Trudeau appears to have cemented some longevity for his minority government, True North’s Andrew Lawton says.

Also, should airlines have to refund customers for cancelled flights, plus the Fraser Institute’s Dr. Elmira Aliakbari on Canada’s inefficient and ineffective carbon tax.

Canadians remember sixth anniversary of Parliament Hill terrorist attack

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True North Wire
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On the sixth anniversary of the Parliament Hill terrorist attack, Canadians are reminded of the bravery of Canadian servicemen and the looming spectre of terrorism facing our society.

On October 22, 2014, a lone gunman arrived shot Corporal Nathan Cirillo twice in the back while Cirillo was standing on ceremonial guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Parliament Hill. Cirillo later died of his injuries. 

The terrorist then drove to Parliament Hill and forced his way into the Centre Block, shooting Constable Samearn Son in the process. While being pursued through Centre Block, the gunman passed rooms where the Conservative and NDP caucus were meeting. One bullet pierced the door of the NDP caucus room.

The shooter hid in the corridors of the Library of Parliament. Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers located the shooter and opened fire. The shooter died from his confrontation with Vickers and the RCMP.

The shooter, 32-year-old Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, was a Canadian-born Muslim convert who became radicalized prior to the incident. Zehaf-Bibeau also had a history of drug use and mental instability. 

Prior to his attack, Zehaf-Bibeau said the attack was a response to Canada’s involvement in Middle East peace missions.

Just two days prior, another ISIS-inspired terrorist attack took place on Canadian soil. Martin Couture-Rouleau, a 25-year-old ISIS supporter from Quebec, used his car to run over two soldiers before being fatally shot by police. Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent died from his injuries.

Corporal Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent were mourned across Canada. They were both remembered as brave and courageous members of the Canadian Armed Forces. 

At the time, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that Canadians should be aware of the threat terrorism has on our society. 

“This week’s events are a grim reminder that Canada is not immune to the types of terrorist attacks we have seen elsewhere around the world,” Harper said.

“We are also reminded that attacks on our security personnel and on our institutions of governments are by their very nature attacks on our country, on our values, on our society, on us Canadians as a free and democratic people who embrace human dignity for all.”

Since the Parliament Hill shootings, terrorists have continued to target Canada and Islamist terrorism remains a very real threat to Canadian society. 

On September 30, 2017, Abdulahi Sharif struck Constable Michael Chernyk with his car and then attacked him with a knife while he was on the ground by stabbing him in the side of his head.

Sharif then proceeded to get into a U-Haul truck and hunted down four pedestrians. An ISIS flag was later found in his vehicle.

In 2019, Rehab Dughmosh entered a Canadian Tire in Scarborough, with the intention to “hurt and kill people” for ISIS.  Prior to her attack, Dughmosh attempted to leave Canada in 2016 to join the terror group abroad. 

Dughmosh wrote to her parole officer in February that if she’s released, she intends on perpetrating another terror attack on Canadians.

Parliamentary committee recognizes China’s treatment of Uyghurs as genocide

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True North Wire
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In an unprecedented move, a Canadian parliamentary committee has classified the treatment of China’s Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region as genocide. 

“The Subcommittee unequivocally condemns the persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang by the Government of China. Based on the evidence put forward during the Subcommittee hearings, both in 2018 and 2020, the Subcommittee is persuaded that the actions of the Chinese Communist Party constitute genocide as laid out in the Genocide Convention,” wrote a Subcommittee on International Human Rights news release. 

The committee outlined several reasons behind its decision including China’s use of mass detentions, forced labour camps, invasive state surveillance and population control methods. 

“The Subcommittee is deeply disturbed by the use and apparent efficiency of these inhumane population control measures. The Subcommittee was told that between 2015 and 2018, population growth in predominantly Uyghur areas of Xinjiang fell by 84%, a trend that is expected to accelerate in the coming years,” reads the news release. 

“Witnesses explained that these actions must be understood to be part of a systemic effort by the Government of China to persecute and possibly eradicate Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang.” 

It is estimated that around a million Uyghurs, including women and children, are being held against their will and forced to digest Chinese Communist Party propaganda in re-education camps. 

According to the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), “the Canadian Subcommittee is the first government body to publicly acknowledge that the crisis in East Turkistan fits the criteria for genocide.” 

“We thank the Canadian Subcommittee recognizing that the atrocities against Uyghurs constitute genocide and for proposing concrete and meaningful action for Canada to take to address this crisis,” said World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa in a press release. 

“We urge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Canadian government to adopt and implement the conclusions of the committee and to demonstrate that Canada will not sit idly by while a genocide takes place.”

Conservative MPs have been calling on the designation to be made for some time now. 

“There is now a body of mounting evidence of large-scale efforts by the Chinese government to wipe out the Uyghur people. Such efforts include political and anti-religious indoctrination, arbitrary detention, the separation of children from their families, invasive surveillance, forced labor and even forced organ harvesting,” wrote MP Garnett Genuis in a petition on the issue.

As exclusively reported by True North, Uyghur advocates including the WUC have been calling on the federal government to bar Huawei from Canada’s 5G network due to its involvement in Uyghur internment camps. 

“Given the evidence that Huawei plays an integral part of the massive surveillance state in East Turkistan and the constant harassment the Uyghurs in Canada witness, this leaves us with legitimate concerns about Huawei’s 5G technology being used to target even more the Uyghurs in Canada,” WUC Program & Advocacy Manager Zumretay Arking told True North.

ESKENASI: Trudeau wants to bring in more immigrants

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Sam Eskenasi
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Despite the devastating effects of the coronavirus and the ensuing lockdowns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hopes to follow through with a plan to bring in 351,000 permanent residents by the end of 2021.

While Canadians deal with record unemployment and additional lockdown measures to deal with the “second wave,” is this really the right time to bring in more immigrants?

True North’s Sam Eskenasi discusses in his latest video.

Vancouver wants to strip veterans of free Remembrance Day parking

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True North Wire
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City of Vancouver officials want to strip Canadian veterans of free parking during Remembrance Day celebrations, all in the name of combating climate change and inequality. 

The recommendations to remove free parking privileges prior to Remembrance Day were outlined in a report by Vancouver City Manager Sadhu Johnston. 

“We have many concerns about subsidizing parking for veterans. It incentivizes driving as a way to travel, which is in direct opposition to our climate change and transportation policies. It interferes with our strategy to manage street space through pricing tools,” wrote City Manager Sadhu Johnston. 

Johnston goes on to suggest that because veterans are generally not a “disadvantaged group,” free parking would not “advance key equity goals.” 

“If free parking is provided to veterans and active service members on a year-round basis, a significant precedent will be set. Other groups that serve the community could make a case to receive similar privileges,” continued Johnston. 

Those who have a Canadian Forces veterans license plate have been eligible for a week of free parking in Vancouver prior to Remembrance Day since the policy was first implemented in 2007.  

In 2019, a council motion was passed to expand free parking for veterans in the city to a year-round basis, but now, Vancouver is claiming that the initiative would be too costly and cut into municipal revenues. 

Last year, Vancouver made approximately $75 million from pay parking revenues. According to city staff, free unlimited parking for veterans could reduce that revenue by $2 million annually. 

Instead of the current program, Johnston’s report suggests that the city offer alternatives such as transportation grants for veterans’ groups, or a policy wherein individuals would have to request free parking from the city. 

This is not the first time that a BC municipality has triggered outrage from veterans over proposed changes to Remembrance Day ceremonies. 

In 2019, Victoria city councillor Ben isitt put forward an amendment to bill the Department of National Defence and Veterans Affairs Canada for the city’s annual Remembrance Day events. 

“Those entities have substantially greater resources,” said Isitt during a council meeting.

“I think responsibility for military commemoration and honouring veterans is more properly the responsibility of those federal agencies.”

The amendment was eventually scrapped and Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps apologized for any offence veterans might have felt as a result of the council’s actions. 

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