The Conservative Party is now the MAGA Wannabe Fascist Party, and the Liberal Party is now the Conservative Party. Canada took a huge lurch to the right at the last election.

Yep, I won't be voting for them the next election. I voted to avoid a conservative government and feel like we ended up with one anyways. It's very disheartening and I wish they would switch us to a ranked ballot or something like it.

I'm not sure it's fair to call this a cut - they just didn't repeat last year's temporary funding boost, which was explicitly framed as being temporary. CBC's funding is almost exactly what it was 2 years ago.

Edit to add numbers for the 90% of people who won't read the article:

• 2026-27: $1,383,252,311
• 2025-26: $1,425,237,411 (later rose to $1,575,237,411)
• 2024-25: $1,383,237,411 (later rose to $1,425,237,411)
• 2023-24: $1,287,169,435 (no subsequent expenditures)
• 2022-23: $1,266,123,241 (later rose to $1,287,123,241)
• 2021-22: $1,229,423,241 (later rose to $1,250,423,241)
• 2020-21: $1,210,797,846 (later rose to $1,247,497,846)

That’s how I’m seeing it as well. With all the talk of austerity, it would be bad optics to add another $150m to the CBC budget instead.

That is more of a Pierre type move.

What would you expect when electing a world banker?

There won't be another election until 4 years my guy. That's a long way off. In the meantime they have all the capacity to fuck us over royally.

People should've voted NDP in the last election to begin with.

I’m not sure it’s fair to call this a cut

• 2026-27: $1,383,252,311
• 2025-26: $1,425,237,411 (later rose to $1,575,237,411)

($191,985,100)

I would call a reduction of $191M in annual funding a cut.

CBC’s funding is almost exactly what it was 2 years ago.

Now adjust for inflation.

That explains why Cons are moving to the Liberals. The ratchet is clicking

Great, let me just hop in my time machine and vote differently in the last election 🙄

Well it's probably worse optics to break a clear campaign promise to increase the CBC's funding, wouldn't you agree?

If theres an example of something unethical in politics, this is it. What is the CBC going to do, hire a bunch of people for expansion, and now fire them?

What the hell was the point, just to fuck with people?

I would call a reduction of $191M in annual funding a cut.

It was a one-off bonus. If you win the lottery one year and not the next, it would be absurd to complain that you've lost income. https://www.thewirereport.ca/2026/03/02/liberals-discontinue-temporary-funding-supports-for-cbc/

Anyone who thinks the liberals are anything further left than centre needs to open their eyes. Cuts, reductions, however you want to frame the loss of funds doesn't matter - what matters is the CBC is the only defense we have against the encroaching American media force. Even a lot of the small town newspapers are owned by American corporations. Stop giving the rich handouts, stop pandering to Trump, and fund our fucking country already.

Only if you think the voters are going to remember this into the next election cycle.

Should we have though? The NDP is not the answer either, federally they are a disorganized mess, and always just seem to be so. They had a brief shining light in Jack Layton, but buddy has been down for just about 15 years now. And they've been nothing but next to impotent ever since. Hell they even held the very unique position of being a very minority, but very much in control of the reigns not that long ago, and they somehow largely pissed that away.

Not saying I like the Liberals nor the Conservatives either. But what the fuck? If we all run and go vote NDP, that theoretically splits the vote and we end up with a PP as a Prime Minister (and god save us all should that happen).

Not cool.

"Hey...that's our job."

                 -- Conservatives

They are not a disorganized mess. That's what the media wants you to think. Throughout the electoral campaign, the media's focus has been on the Liberals and there definitely was a positive bias on that party compared to the other ones.

During the last government, the NDP was able to pass a few bills, as a 3rd minority party! That's a big deal! Things like the national child care program, and the dental care plan. Unfortunately, the liberals took all the credits for it.

Your perception is exactly what the media wants you to think. If you bothered to look into the party and see what's going on and what they want to do, you'd probably find more in common with them than any other party.

And since the last election, Jagmeet has stepped down and there's an election coming up to elect the next party leader. One of the candidates, Avi Lewis, is a very strong, very popular candidate whom I think will be able to make the party shine. He's got good values, he has a great understanding of the problems middle-class Canadians are facing and has great solutions, and he's got great charisma and communication skills that I think will be able to rally people under that party.

They have to find money for the military to participatr in war of agressions started by the usa and israel

It was a big deal. And now they aren't even an official party. So tell me again, how this isn't a mess? That's not the CBC painting them as whatever you are saying they are either. I mean believe what you want, but it's hard to say a party that has now lost official party status, isn't having a moment. You think Avi Lewis will be able to rally people, but you have no actual proof yet that he will or won't.

The deficit expanded, so what's he cutting?