Poll shows majority of Canadians disagree with Scheer on CBC
By Elizabeth McSheffrey in News, Politics, Culture | June 12th 2017
Canada's Conservatives face an uphill battle in the 2019 federal election if their newly-minted leader, Andrew Scheer, uploads his recent anti-CBC rhetoric into his party platform, new research has revealed.
Regardless of their political stripes, more than 80 per cent of Canadians support either an increase in funding or maintained funding for the public broadcaster, according to a poll conducted by Nanos Research and commissioned by Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. The poll results indicate that most Canadians disagree with Scheer, who suggested during the recent Tory leadership race that he would cut funding to the CBC and axe its news division altogether.
The research also found that broadly-speaking, Canadians are concerned about the decline in the quality and quantity of journalism in Canada, and more than half think the federal government should take steps to address it.
The poll surveyed 1,000 Canadians at random and asked them about their trust in various news sources and opinions of the CBC. Forty-three per cent said they support increased funding for the CBC's operations, 39 per cent supported a steady level of funding, and only 14 per cent supported a decrease in funding.
Canadian taxpayers provide about $1 billion in annual funding to the CBC every year.
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