Hi John,
The tide’s turning against the CBC’s bonuses and this is your chance to jump into the fight.
You probably heard the CBC is giving themselves another $18 million in bonuses this year. The average bonus for a CBC executive is $73,000.
Taxpayers who signed our CBC petition hired a national polling firm to ask Canadians what they think of CBC bonuses.
The poll shows 7-in-10 Canadians oppose CBC’s bonuses. Only 16 per cent of Canadians support the bonuses. The rest were unsure.
Check out what the pollster that ran the survey told the Toronto Sun.
“I fully expected that there would be a majority that would not support this, (but) the intensity caught me a bit off-guard,” said Andrew Enns, Executive Vice President at the Leger polling firm. “Even without the unawares and ‘don’t knows,’ it was almost 50 per cent that were strongly opposed.”
Momentum against these taxpayer-funded bonuses is growing.
Even the CBC’s number one cheerleader, a group called Friends of Canadian Media, said this about the bonuses: “This decision is deeply out of touch and unbefitting of our national public broadcaster.”
The only question left is: are you going to join the fight against the CBC wasting your money?
The first step for you to join the fight is to sign the PETITION below.
Will you sign the petition?
To Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:
The CBC costs taxpayers more than $1 billion per year and the federal government is giving media organizations a $600-million bailout.
Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to fund the CBC and other media organizations. We should be able to choose which organization we want to support with our own money.
We, the undersigned, call on the federal government to defund the CBC and end its media bailout.
- YES – I’ll sign the petition (just click this link to automatically add your name)
- No – I’d rather not sign the petition today (if you want to tell us why, you can click here)
Note: If the automatic link doesn’t work on your device, you can also sign the petition at this link: www.taxpayer.com/petitions/defund-the-cbc-and-end-media-bailout
After you sign the petition keep an eye on your email inbox. We will let you know when you have a good opportunity to push the government to end these taxpayer-funded bonuses and defund the CBC.
Thank you for fighting for taxpayers – you’re making a difference!
All the best,
Franco Terrazzano
Federal Director – Canadian Taxpayers Federation
P.S.: It only takes a minute to sign the petition and show your support for defunding the CBC: https://www.taxpayer.com/petitions/defund-the-cbc-and-end-media-bailout