The Candice Malcolm Show - Is Justin Trudeau hinting at another CBC bailout？

00:00:00.000 Is Justin Trudeau hinting at yet another CBC bailout?

00:00:03.820 I'm Candice Malcolm and this is The Candice Malcolm Show.

00:00:11.060 So according to a memo which was unearthed by Blacklock's reporter,

00:00:15.520 which is an investigative journalism outlet over in Ottawa, they do great work.

00:00:19.460 Well, according to their report, this memo was written by the Trudeau government's

00:00:23.480 Department of Canadian Heritage and it stated that the CBC is under immense financial pressure.

00:00:30.000 This despite receiving $1.2 billion each and every year from the Trudeau government.

00:00:36.640 Do these government journalists really need even more taxpayer cash?

00:00:40.480 Well, the Trudeau government memo seems to make that case.

00:00:43.420 It says this, the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges of covering it put immense pressure

00:00:48.680 on CBC's workforce, operations, finances, and systems.

00:00:53.760 But wait a minute, why would COVID affect the CBC?

00:00:57.160 Think about it.

00:00:57.720 It isn't like they're a small business who were forced to shut their doors because of

00:01:02.100 a government mandate.

00:01:03.320 They're not a mom and pop shop who lost their clientele because of the lockdowns or their

00:01:07.420 cash-strapped clients.

00:01:09.220 It's hard to think of any real way that the CBC would have been affected.

00:01:13.720 They're not a private company.

00:01:15.100 They don't rely on subscribers.

00:01:16.920 They don't really even rely on advertisers to stay afloat.

00:01:20.220 It's hard to think of any way that COVID or the resulting lockdowns would have really

00:01:23.740 had any effect on CBC or their bottom line.

00:01:26.440 Perhaps that's why the memo did emphasize this one point.

00:01:30.000 It says the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics put additional pressures on its cash

00:01:36.820 flow, right?

00:01:37.820 The Olympics.

00:01:38.420 So poor CBC, they had to wait an entire year for that big media event.

00:01:43.680 But get this, because of COVID, because of the pandemic, the Trudeau government already

00:01:47.740 gave the CBC more money.

00:01:49.860 Yes, they pledged an additional $21 million for this very reason in the most recent budget.

00:01:55.200 This is from the budget document.

00:01:57.060 It says, budget 2021 proposes to provide $21 million in 2021-22 as immediate operational

00:02:05.000 support to the CBC Radio Canada.

00:02:07.800 The funding will ensure its stability during the pandemic and enable it to continue providing

00:02:13.680 news and entertainment programming that keeps Canadians informed.

00:02:17.980 To keep Canadians informed.

00:02:20.040 I do love that.

00:02:21.000 Have you spent much time on the CBC's website lately?

00:02:24.720 I usually don't.

00:02:25.940 I make a point of not going and visiting it because the news over there is truly preposterous.

00:02:31.360 But for this report, I spent a bit of time perusing through the website.

00:02:35.460 And let me tell you, I can barely even describe it as a news site.

00:02:39.180 It's really a propaganda site that sort of pretends to be a news site.

00:02:44.160 I'll tell you what I'm talking about.

00:02:46.260 Every progressive left-wing cultural trend that's been exported from the American left

00:02:51.620 can be found front and center on the CBC.

00:02:54.680 Just check this out.

00:02:56.080 So first we have this large banner at the top of the page and there's ads plastered all

00:03:00.060 over the site called Being Black in Canada with a bunch of Marxist revolution fists up

00:03:06.400 in the air and it says this, find more stories about the black experience in Canada.

00:03:11.420 And sometimes when you're scrolling through a different news site, you'll see an ad bar.

00:03:16.140 So it's a bar on the side of the screen that is an advertisement, but it looks like the

00:03:20.220 sort of trending stories on the site.

00:03:22.120 And this is the feed that's dedicated entirely to that series that the CBC does.

00:03:27.520 It's pretty wild.

00:03:28.240 It's like they have their own segregated news right here.

00:03:31.200 There's an entire section devoted just to telling stories about black people in Canada.

00:03:36.000 So I guess this is all in response to the U.S. Black Lives Matter movement, which is an

00:03:41.260 American movement directly in response to the disproportionate crime and police shootings

00:03:47.100 of black people in the U.S.

00:03:48.940 But we don't really have that problem in Canada, do we?

00:03:51.780 We don't have the same history.

00:03:53.300 We don't have the same school systems in the U.S.

00:03:55.400 We don't have the same criminal justice systems.

00:03:57.460 So it's a little odd to take this American cultural phenomenon and try to apply it into Canada,

00:04:03.180 try to rectify it.

00:04:04.120 The experience of black people in Canada is just different.

00:04:07.340 In fact, black people in Canada only make up about 3% of the population, so a little

00:04:11.740 more than a million people.

00:04:13.600 But get this, a majority of black people in Canada, 52%, are immigrants.

00:04:18.320 So they were born somewhere else and they moved to Canada.

00:04:21.100 Most likely they chose to come to Canada or their parents brought them when they were children.

00:04:25.400 So again, the experience of black people is just different.

00:04:28.280 It's a little weird that we would have this whole section of the government-funded broadcasting

00:04:32.520 news station devoted to the experience of 3% of the population.

00:04:38.440 And it's interesting to note that in Canada, the black population has doubled in the last

00:04:42.440 20 years, meaning that more and more black people want to come to Canada because it's 1.00

00:04:47.020 a good country.

00:04:47.800 It's a great place for them to live.

00:04:49.260 So they come here just like it's a great place for everyone to live.

00:04:51.580 Our story couldn't be more different than our American neighbors, and yet our state

00:04:56.480 broadcaster insists on importing this cultural narrative from another country and then awkwardly

00:05:01.380 trying to apply it into Canada.

00:05:03.820 So do black Canadians, most of whom are immigrants, and most of whom are probably pretty grateful

00:05:09.180 and happy to be here, do they really need their own news section, their own separate

00:05:13.600 news with this weird Marxist banner?

00:05:16.000 How silly.

00:05:16.680 It really is silly.

00:05:17.960 The silliness doesn't end there.

00:05:19.300 Let's look at some of the top stories today just for fun.

00:05:22.240 Again, I don't usually go on the CBC website, but I just decided to cruise around today and

00:05:27.340 I was pretty surprised by what is considered news over at the CBC.

00:05:31.640 So here's a story here.

00:05:32.780 It says, Health Canada dragging feet on approving magic mushrooms for therapeutic use, patients

00:05:38.820 and advocates say.

00:05:40.440 So right here, one of the top stories on the website is the CBC pushing for the approval of

00:05:45.320 psychedelic drugs.

00:05:46.960 Okay, next, we have a story here.

00:05:48.600 It says, Ontario's hair school standards still ignore black hair four years after work began

00:05:54.380 to include it.

00:05:55.880 So in this story, we hear all about how difficult it is for some black women to find hair salons 0.92

00:06:01.560 where people know how to do their hair.

00:06:04.160 And of course, the response here is so typical of the big government mindset over at the CBC.

00:06:09.160 So instead of letting the free market do its thing, which is a sort of problem like this,

00:06:13.740 lots of people have different hairstyles, different hair textures, different hair types.

00:06:18.380 And you therefore have lots of different people who kind of specialize in different hairstyles,

00:06:23.360 different hair textures, different techniques, different things that they do to someone's

00:06:27.180 hair.

00:06:27.480 Instead of letting the consumers sort of try to seek out someone who specializes in the

00:06:32.560 hairstyle that they are looking for, the CBC instead is pushing for this blanket approach

00:06:37.860 where the government regulates it to make sure that all hairdressers in the province of

00:06:42.760 Ontario have the ability to work on all hair types and all hair textures.

00:06:47.360 Now, of course, this would require all hairdressers in Ontario to have more training, more time,

00:06:52.920 more specialization, and ultimately it will just make everybody's haircut in Ontario more expensive.

00:06:58.980 But the social justice warriors over at the CBC, they don't care about that.

00:07:02.720 All they care about is advocating for social justice.

00:07:05.760 And that is clearly what this piece is all about.

00:07:08.600 It's funny, when you have an entire section on your website dedicated to being black in Canada,

00:07:13.900 you have to have reporters just kind of out there making up the news, inventing stories

00:07:18.380 that aren't really that newsworthy, aren't really that big of a deal.

00:07:22.440 But, you know, you have all this money and you have these dedicated reporters.

00:07:25.640 And so they're going to come up with news one way or another.

00:07:28.460 I think this story is a pretty good example of that.

00:07:30.420 Sort of like how the federal government, they have dedicated funds that newspapers and media

00:07:35.720 outlets can apply for.

00:07:37.420 And the government gives out millions of dollars for reporters to cover climate change.

00:07:41.500 And that's why you see all these news outlets that have a climate change reporter.

00:07:45.600 It's their job to report on climate change because they're getting paid by the federal government

00:07:49.420 to subsidize these positions.

00:07:51.680 And that's why you see so much news about climate change.

00:07:54.640 Think about it.

00:07:55.200 If your job is a dedicated climate change reporter, you're going to look at every weather event.

00:08:01.120 You're going to look at every event and see it through the lens of climate change

00:08:04.180 and make it about climate change because that's what your job is.

00:08:07.040 And that's what the government is paying you to do.

00:08:09.000 And so we see that here.

00:08:11.500 Okay, let's keep scrolling, see what else the CBC has to offer today.

00:08:15.860 And I really, this story really just takes the cake for me.

00:08:19.080 I'm going to read a little bit from it because it is just a little silly, just like the other

00:08:22.840 CBC stories.

00:08:23.540 This one probably is the silliest.

00:08:25.160 It says, transgender woman says getting gender affirming ID in Ontario is an impossible struggle.

00:08:32.700 An impossible struggle, we're told.

00:08:34.440 So this story is about a trans woman, so a biological male, who wants to get a new ID in Ontario listing

00:08:41.160 the gender as female.

00:08:42.580 We're told that is an impossible struggle and the CBC explains just how.

00:08:48.060 So I'm going to read from this piece.

00:08:50.540 It says, first the subheading says, trans people required to get doctor's letter when changing

00:08:55.220 gender on photo cards.

00:08:56.760 Ever since Diana Bosco transitioned to female four years ago, she's been attempting to get 1.00

00:09:02.940 identification that accurately reflects her gender, a process she describes as invasive

00:09:07.700 and stymied by systemic discrimination against transgender people.

00:09:12.000 She's currently trying to get an Ontario photo card, government issued ID for those without a

00:09:17.240 driver's license with her sex designated as F.

00:09:20.540 But, she says, she has only been met with barriers.

00:09:24.800 It's been an impossible struggle, Diana says.

00:09:27.180 It feels like all the old hate just lingers around in the system and everywhere.

00:09:32.280 I just know, I don't know what to do.

00:09:35.020 I just want to live my life, but I'm struggling here.

00:09:37.520 Okay, so the CBC goes on to explain this struggle and how the system is just so filled with hate.

00:09:43.600 It says earlier this month, Diana and her social worker went to Service Ontario location in

00:09:49.020 West Toronto, so Diana could apply for the card.

00:09:51.840 We're told that when she was there, the Service Ontario worker asked some uncomfortable questions

00:09:57.400 and ultimately asked her for a doctor's note.

00:10:00.960 And that is what she's saying that she is upset about.

00:10:04.520 She says, I know who I am.

00:10:05.660 I don't need to prove it to you.

00:10:07.760 And then she basically learned that it was required that the doctor's note had to be there.

00:10:11.840 So, according to the CBC piece, it says here that Diana said the requirement is a huge obstacle

00:10:17.520 for trans people facing systemic discrimination in the healthcare system as they may not have

00:10:23.060 a doctor they trust to provide the letter.

00:10:26.920 It goes on to say that the people who work in Ontario in healthcare and Service Ontario need

00:10:32.100 more education about trans people and that they shouldn't be so mean in asking all these

00:10:38.200 questions.

00:10:38.660 Well, I just kind of have a hard time.

00:10:40.980 I mean, look, I won't discount this one person's experience.

00:10:43.480 Maybe she's having a really difficult time.

00:10:45.820 Maybe this is a impossible struggle for her.

00:10:48.420 But sort of from an objective standpoint, we know that it is incredibly easy in the province

00:10:53.420 of Ontario to get your gender changed. 0.51

00:10:56.360 Remember when the rebel sent a news personality to go and do this exact same thing, this very

00:11:02.180 thing, just to show how easy it is.

00:11:04.500 I'm going to play a bit of this clip because, again, it just sort of walks you through the

00:11:08.120 process and it shows you just how easy it is to get your gender changed in Ontario.

00:11:12.880 So, this is Lauren Southern.

00:11:14.020 Remember her?

00:11:14.620 She decided that she was going to go do this stunt. 0.97

00:11:17.220 She dressed up as a guy, sort of. 0.78

00:11:19.220 I mean, you can see here she still very much looks like a woman. 0.93

00:11:22.180 But she dressed like this and she walked into a doctor's office. 1.00

00:11:26.120 She told the doctor that she had been identifying as a man, that her friends called her by male

00:11:31.640 pronouns and that she wanted to validate this through the system in Ontario.

00:11:35.960 Play you a bit of that clip.

00:11:37.220 You might not get this question often and I don't mean to waste your time at all, but

00:11:41.560 I've been a gender non-binary person for about a year now.

00:11:45.480 Sorry, gen?

00:11:46.840 Gender non-binary.

00:11:48.260 Binary.

00:11:49.340 Can you explain that to me?

00:11:50.500 I use male pronouns and among my friends groups, as Oliver can tell you, I've been identified

00:11:55.900 as a male for a while.

00:11:58.040 I don't always present as male, but gender is a spectrum.

00:12:02.960 I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt.

00:12:05.000 I mean, it's not like I can prove anything, right?

00:12:06.860 Yeah, obviously.

00:12:08.060 Yeah, thank you.

00:12:09.240 Do you want me to say that you should be identified as a male?

00:12:12.500 Yes, please.

00:12:13.320 Okay.

00:12:19.140 Okay.

00:12:19.740 The letters of the...

00:12:20.500 Thank you.

00:12:22.320 Now, you can see the doctor is, you know, perfectly fine.

00:12:26.340 Barely even skeptical, just sort of like, okay, whatever you want, whatever you need, here

00:12:30.460 you go, provides the note that is required, really just goes along with it.

00:12:34.620 No one wants to be accused of being offensive or being hateful towards trans people, and

00:12:39.560 most people will just kind of go along with it.

00:12:41.940 Now, next, Lauren heads on over to Service Ontario, which is a service provider in Ontario

00:12:47.500 that issues the government ID.

00:12:49.400 And so she, you can see, she's no longer dressed like a dude.

00:12:52.920 She's got her hair down.

00:12:54.300 She's wearing lots of makeup, and she even has a low-cut shirt.

00:12:57.240 So she's looking a lot more like a woman in this clip. 1.00

00:13:00.340 And she originally doesn't mention anything about her gender being a man to the clerk.

00:13:05.600 She just hands all the documents.

00:13:07.040 And then, kind of, at the very end, as an afterthought, she just mentions, oh, and by the way, I'm

00:13:12.880 a man, and here's the documentation.

00:13:14.380 So let's play this clip.

00:13:15.900 How's it going?

00:13:16.660 $33 for this thing.

00:13:18.340 Sure.

00:13:18.940 One more thing.

00:13:19.820 For purposes of this identification, I would like to be identified as male.

00:13:23.600 I brought in all of the proper documents.

00:13:26.500 I think my favorite part of that clip is when the clerk calls Lauren, sir.

00:13:45.460 Again, you know, people are just trying to be polite.

00:13:48.120 No one wants to be accused of being hateful.

00:13:50.840 No one actually is hateful.

00:13:52.200 And most people just want to be helpful.

00:13:54.020 And you can see here, you know, the clerk makes a phone call, explains the situation.

00:13:59.100 No problem.

00:14:00.140 Lauren gets her. 0.96

00:14:01.260 Lauren walked away from the Service Ontario office with the piece of paper documenting

00:14:05.800 that she was now legally a male in Ontario.

00:14:09.220 So the very fact that someone like Lauren, who is a social media personality, a provocateur,

00:14:14.840 could just so easily and so quickly get her gender changed legally in Ontario makes me 0.98

00:14:19.660 a little bit skeptical of the claim being made here by the CBC, which is that it's

00:14:24.020 it is an impossible struggle to get this done.

00:14:26.300 It really didn't seem impossible at all.

00:14:28.180 In fact, it seemed far, far too easy.

00:14:31.600 But again, the CBC does not do journalism.

00:14:34.460 They do woke left-wing activism.

00:14:36.700 This probably met their quota that they have some kind of a weekly quota of telling trans

00:14:41.300 stories.

00:14:42.100 And this fell into that.

00:14:43.860 So you know what?

00:14:44.680 But all this is just to say, it's no wonder that Canadians are tuning out from the CBC.

00:14:50.300 And they are.

00:14:51.000 CBC's numbers are massively down.

00:14:52.880 So CBC's ad revenues fell by 20% last year.

00:14:56.540 And in October 2020, they had to cut 130 employees from English television.

00:15:01.400 And that was despite getting that $21 million cash infusion from the Trudeau government.

00:15:05.740 So sure, you can blame that on the pandemic.

00:15:08.360 But in the five years before 2020, from 2015 to 2019, ad revenue also fell by 53%.

00:15:15.020 That is part of a long trend of declining viewership of the CBC.

00:15:19.840 Ad revenue also fell by 12% between 2010 and 2015.

00:15:25.040 And of course, the declining ad revenue reflects the declining viewerships because Canadians, by 0.87

00:15:29.500 and large, are no longer getting their news from the CBC.

00:15:32.480 The CBC News' flagship program, The National, has seen some of the sharpest declines in viewership.

00:15:37.780 So since Peter Mansbridge's departure as host in 2017, The National has seen a 24% decline

00:15:44.340 in viewership.

00:15:45.380 This report from The Globe and Mail is from 2019.

00:15:47.920 So I can only imagine the numbers are even lower today.

00:15:50.620 But this is what the report from The Globe and Mail says.

00:15:52.840 The public broadcaster's flagship, National Newscast, has attracted an average of 401,000 viewers

00:15:58.700 aged two years old plus, nightly on the main CBC TV network over the 2018-19 television

00:16:04.900 series, down sharply from the 525,000 average number of viewers who tuned in for Mansbridge's

00:16:12.120 final season as news anchor.

00:16:14.800 Okay, so let me just make this point because it's really silly.

00:16:17.520 If you're watching this video right now on YouTube or Facebook, you see the total number

00:16:22.320 of devices that are watching the video.

00:16:24.500 So one device counts as one view.

00:16:27.280 But if you live in the network television world, they use Statistics Canada data to determine

00:16:32.380 how many people are in your household.

00:16:35.040 And if you're over two years old, you're included so long as one person in that household has

00:16:40.100 the TV on while the CBC is on.

00:16:42.500 So my two-year-old son, who is not awake during the evening news, and even if he was awake,

00:16:46.820 he wouldn't be sitting over my shoulder consuming the news and listening and soaking it all in.

00:16:51.640 Well, it doesn't matter because he counts as a viewer, and still, and still, even with

00:16:56.460 that silly metric of counting people, including children and other people who aren't even

00:17:01.000 watching the television, they can only master 400,000 viewers from a country of 38 million

00:17:08.480 people.

00:17:09.460 Look, the CBC exists for a bygone era.

00:17:12.220 It has outlived its mandate.

00:17:13.640 It has outlived its usefulness.

00:17:15.300 It is time for us to pull the plug.

00:17:17.600 I'm Candace Malcolm, and this is The Candace Malcolm Show.

00:17:21.640 Thank you.

00:17:23.120 Thank you.

00:17:25.180 Thank you.

The Candice Malcolm Show - July 27, 2021

Is Justin Trudeau hinting at another CBC bailout？

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