CBC already receives 'substantial financing': Flaherty

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TORONTO — The CBC already receives "substantial financing" from federal coffers, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Wednesday as the public broadcaster sought help from Ottawa to stave off cuts to staff and programming.

The public broadcaster says it's in talks with the Heritage Department about the dire effects of a sinking economy, which it says will plunge the corporation into a deep deficit in 2009-2010.

But Mr. Flaherty said the CBC already receives a significant amount of public money each year.

"There's substantial financing for CBC in the budget — $1-billion," Mr. Flaherty said in a scrum with reporters in Ottawa.
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So thirty bucks from each Canadian for a year is the limit.
No mire Peter Gzowski quality programs.
No more quality Ideas programs.
No more quality.

Just more elevator type programing.
Mood music that from people that like to listen to their voice.

Get the hell out and let someone give us intelligent programs.
I would vote out the government on this one item.