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2024-08-07 20:16:29 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

While it is Poilievre's opinion, it is factually incorrect to refer to the CBC as the prime minister's PR department - part of his anti-press stance CBC reports critically on the government of the day regardless of party - it's independence written into the Broadcast Act https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/b-9.01/FullText.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-conservative-media-1.7136583

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• While it is Poilievre's opinion, it is factually incorrect to refer to the CBC as the prime minister's PR department - part of his anti-press stance CBC reports critically on the government of the day regardless of party - it's independence written into the Broadcast Act https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/b-9.01/FullText.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-conservative-media-1.7136583