The Canadian Radio, Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said on Tuesday that direct federal subsidies to the broadcast industry during the pandemic exceeded $100 million (about $77 million) in Canadian dollars and $36.5 million in license cancellation fees.
Ottawa news site black lock reporter reveal The extent of previously hidden pandemic subsidies to state-owned media series Safety.
In early August, Blacklock’s Reporter and the Canadian Federation of Taxpayers received stars It showed the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) awarded $12 million (Canada) in raises and $15.4 million in bonuses, despite complaining of “enormous pressure” due to the pandemic and raising $21 million in tax relief.
“It is unfair to ask distressed taxpayers to pay higher taxes so that the taxpayer-funded CBC can give him millions of bonuses and salary increases during the pandemic,” said Franco Terrazzano of the Canadian Taxpayer Federation.
Along with paying those huge subsidies, Canadian television audiences fell in double digits. Publishers argued that this decline and the lost ad revenue they represent required financial support from the government.
You paid your taxes for Trudeau’s $104 million bailout to Global, CTV and CBC propagandists.” aforementioned Curious about independent publisher Ezra Levant. Rebel NewsWednesday following the release of the disclosure by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“No wonder they called him [Trudeau] very difficult Never trust the mainstream media. They realized they were paid to hate you,” Levant tweeted.
Source: Breitbart
