• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    That’s what happens when you mostly just watch American content and don’t support local productions, the government doesn’t see the point of funding the public broadcaster properly. Funny how Radio-Canada is more profitable than CBC even if French Canadians are not even a quarter of the population.

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      7 months ago

      No american TV here. I’ll be in bed by 10, just like any other day. What’s the big deal about the new year? (Serious question, I never understood)

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        That was a comment on Anglo Canadian cultural habits in general, not just on that specific day.

        CBC has on average 4% market shares, R-C is at 23% if I recall correctly. Anglo Canadians complain about the lack of Canadian original content but at the same time they’ve been moving away from Canadian broadcasters for decades in favor of watching American broadcasts while French Canadians punch way above their weight when looking at the amount of content they produce for how little of the North American population they represent.

        The result is what we’re seeing now, CBC cutting one of their major show because they don’t have the revenue necessary to produce it while the government has been cutting their funds for decades because most MPs don’t understand the point of having a public broadcaster that guarantees access to local culture.

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        it’s an excuse for an occasion to get together with friends/family. that’s it.

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        What’s the big deal about Christmas or Valentine’s Day? Nothing, except that people enjoy the excuse to celebrate.

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      Well I mean, French Canadian Radio Canada has francophone content that’s distinctively from French Canadian/Québécois culture or even France that you can’t find in American media.

      Unlike a lot of the content on anglophone media in general that might be originating from the US.

      Maybe that’s why it’s more popular?

      Correct me if I’m wrong.

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        Sure and that’s my point, we encourage our own culture while Anglo Canadians just watch American content. We very well could settle for dubbed shows or shows from France, we don’t.

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      It’s what happens when conservatives scream “But muh tax dollars!” and succeed in getting CBC’s funding cut.

      Fuck Poilievre and every one of his syncophants.