Support for Canada's CBC very high . . .

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46 per cent of Canadians would like the CBC's funding to stay at the
current level and 23 per cent would like it to be increased. = 69%
support the CBC

On the flip side, 22 per cent say funding should be cut, while 12 per
cent say it should be eliminated altogether. = 34% (likely all
Harper/Cons supporters) do not.
__________________________________________

Most support CBC funding, survey suggests
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/most-support-cbc-funding-survey-suggests-1.981072
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CBC News Posted: Jun 26, 2014


CBC to cut back supper-hour news, in-house productions
Corporation will have up to 1,500 fewer employees by 2020


The CBC is making numerous moves as part of its 2020 strategy, shifting
its priorities from television and radio to digital and mobile services,
CBC president and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix said Thursday. (Nathan
Denette/Canadian Press)

Most support CBC funding, survey suggests

The CBC is shifting its priorities from television and radio to digital
and mobile services, a move that will reduce staff, and supper-hour news
broadcasts and programs produced in-house, says CBC president and CEO
Hubert T. Lacroix.

“We used to lead with television and radio. Web came and then mobility
came. We are reversing, we are inverting the priorities that we have,”
Lacroix said, referring to the broadcaster’s 2020 strategy. “We’re going
to lead now with mobility, we’re going to lead with whatever widget you use.

"You’re going to see an investment in mobility that’s going to rise as
the investment in perhaps television ... is reduced.”

Lacroix said there will be job cuts over the coming years, but they will
be made in "prudent steps."

In 2020, the corporation will have 1,000 to 1,500 fewer employees. This
would be in addition to the reductions announced to date.

Currently, 1,000 employees are eligible for retirement and through
attrition, while about 300 leave every year, according to the broadcaster.

“The goal is that to be able to meet a financially stable and
sustainable CBC/Radio-Canada, we have to reduce the infrastructures ...
but we also have to reduce the number of people who are working at
CBC/Radio-Canada,” Lacroix said.

In April, Lacroix announced that funding shortfalls and revenue losses
had forced the broadcaster to cut $130 million from its budget this
year, a move that the CBC said will eliminate 657 jobs over the next two
years and take the network out of competing for the rights to broadcast
professional sports.

But Lacroix characterized Thursday’s announcement as “a good day, it’s
an important day. This is a plan that’s going to work.”


No stations to close, Lacroix says

Lacroix said CBC won’t close any of its stations across the country, but
the 90-minute evening television newscasts will be reduced to either 30
minutes or 60 minutes.

“The base service across Canada is going to be 30 minutes. In some
regions, depending on whether they’re successful, the reaction of the
audience, where there are revenue opportunities, our mandate, minority
language commitments, conditions of licence, we are then going to go in
some of these markets to 60 minutes.”

Those services will be augmented by mobile and web services, he said.

The CBC's move to “significantly reduce” in-house production across the
organization will exclude news current affairs and radio. This will mean
fewer documentaries directly produced by the broadcaster.

“Why are we doing this? Again, to scale it down, to be able to open our
content creation to other actors, other participants in the cultural
industry,” Lacroix said.


'We're in the business of content'

A number of CBC personalities have gone public with their opposition to
the cuts.

Lacroix said this doesn’t mean the CBC is “out of docs [documentaries],”
but instead will use the whole of the creative community to fill the slots.

“To be the public broadcaster, we don’t need to be always the producer,”
he said.

The CBC also plans to cut its real estate presence in half by
approximately two million square feet.

At the Montreal station, for example, there will be a “substantial
reduction in square feet.” Toronto will also try to reduce its real
estate by acquiring new tenants.

“If there should be an offer on the building, yes, we’d take it, but the
offer on the building would not necessarily mean that we’d move away.
We’d become a tenant.

“We’re not in the business of real estate. We’re in the business of
content,” Lacroix added.

[Alan Baker]

What you and your source didn't say:

"In a poll conducted in October 2011, "

'Each week, Harris/Decima interviews just over 1000 Canadians through
teleVox, the company’s national telephone omnibus survey. The most
recent data were gathered between October 27 and October 31, 2011.'

<http://www.harrisdecima.ca/news/releases/201111/1266-plurality-want-cbc-funding-kept-current-level>

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46 per cent of Canadians would like the CBC's funding to stay at the
current level and 23 per cent would like it to be increased. = 69%
support the CBC
On the flip side, 22 per cent say funding should be cut, while 12 per
cent say it should be eliminated altogether. = 34% (likely all
Harper/Cons supporters) do not.
__________________________________________
Most support CBC funding, survey suggests
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/most-support-cbc-funding-survey-suggests-1.981072
_________________________________________
CBC News Posted: Jun 26, 2014
CBC to cut back supper-hour news, in-house productions
Corporation will have up to 1,500 fewer employees by 2020
The CBC is making numerous moves as part of its 2020 strategy, shifting
its priorities from television and radio to digital and mobile
services, CBC president and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix said Thursday.
(Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)
Most support CBC funding, survey suggests
The CBC is shifting its priorities from television and radio to digital
and mobile services, a move that will reduce staff, and supper-hour
news broadcasts and programs produced in-house, says CBC president and
CEO Hubert T. Lacroix.
“We used to lead with television and radio. Web came and then
mobility came. We are reversing, we are inverting the priorities that
we have,” Lacroix said, referring to the broadcaster’s 2020
strategy. “We’re going to lead now with mobility, we’re going to
lead with whatever widget you use.
"You’re going to see an investment in mobility that’s going to rise
as the investment in perhaps television ... is reduced.”
Lacroix said there will be job cuts over the coming years, but they
will be made in "prudent steps."
In 2020, the corporation will have 1,000 to 1,500 fewer employees. This
would be in addition to the reductions announced to date.
Currently, 1,000 employees are eligible for retirement and through
attrition, while about 300 leave every year, according to the
broadcaster.
“The goal is that to be able to meet a financially stable and
sustainable CBC/Radio-Canada, we have to reduce the infrastructures ...
but we also have to reduce the number of people who are working at
CBC/Radio-Canada,” Lacroix said.
In April, Lacroix announced that funding shortfalls and revenue losses
had forced the broadcaster to cut $130 million from its budget this
year, a move that the CBC said will eliminate 657 jobs over the next
two years and take the network out of competing for the rights to
broadcast professional sports.
But Lacroix characterized Thursday’s announcement as “a good day,
it’s an important day. This is a plan that’s going to work.”
No stations to close, Lacroix says
Lacroix said CBC won’t close any of its stations across the country,
but the 90-minute evening television newscasts will be reduced to
either 30 minutes or 60 minutes.
“The base service across Canada is going to be 30 minutes. In some
regions, depending on whether they’re successful, the reaction of the
audience, where there are revenue opportunities, our mandate, minority
language commitments, conditions of licence, we are then going to go in
some of these markets to 60 minutes.”
Those services will be augmented by mobile and web services, he said.
The CBC's move to “significantly reduce” in-house production across
the organization will exclude news current affairs and radio. This will
mean fewer documentaries directly produced by the broadcaster.
“Why are we doing this? Again, to scale it down, to be able to open
our content creation to other actors, other participants in the
cultural industry,” Lacroix said.
'We're in the business of content'
A number of CBC personalities have gone public with their opposition to
the cuts.
Lacroix said this doesn’t mean the CBC is “out of docs
[documentaries],” but instead will use the whole of the creative
community to fill the slots.
“To be the public broadcaster, we don’t need to be always the
producer,” he said.
The CBC also plans to cut its real estate presence in half by
approximately two million square feet.
At the Montreal station, for example, there will be a “substantial
reduction in square feet.” Toronto will also try to reduce its real
estate by acquiring new tenants.
“If there should be an offer on the building, yes, we’d take it,
but the offer on the building would not necessarily mean that we’d
move away. We’d become a tenant.
“We’re not in the business of real estate. We’re in the business
of content,” Lacroix added.

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46 per cent of Canadians would like the CBC's funding to stay at the current level and 23 per cent would like it to be increased. = 69% support the CBC
On the flip side, 22 per cent say funding should be cut, while 12 per cent say it should be eliminated altogether. = 34% (likely all Harper/Cons supporters) do not.
__________________________________________
"In a poll conducted in October 2011, "
'Each week, Harris/Decima interviews just over 1000 Canadians through
teleVox, the company’s national telephone omnibus survey. The most
recent data were gathered between October 27 and October 31, 2011.'

Idiot.
Here's something a little more current, if that suits your bias. . . .
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In spite of (or perhaps because of) the demise of CBC’s Hockey Night
in Canada as we know it, a plurality of Canadians (38 per cent) want to
see the CBC’s funding increased, while one-third want its funding
levels to remain steady (31 per cent). Only a little over a quarter of
respondents want to either cut or eliminate the CBC’s funding. It
seems difficult to reconcile the dramatic claim that Canadians “favour
privatizing the CBC” with our finding that around two-thirds want its
funding increased or preserved.

That's still 69%. And that's in 2014.
___________________________________________________
Abacus is the polling firm that had only a SINGLE person running the
'company'. And he was schooled in Alberta. And he is a rabid
anti-Liberal with rabid anti-Liberal/pro-Conservative polling results.
This article shows him (David Coletto) up for his biased reporting.
_________________________________________


http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/02/07/canadians-arent-ready-to-scrap-the-cbc-poll/


After years of being in the crosshairs of many Conservatives, the CBC
faces some unprecedented challenges. An internal memo from the CBC’s
president spoke of “dark clouds” facing the corporation. Its
ardently antagonistic rivals at Sun News recently published an Abacus
poll noting that the Canadians are “ready” to sell the CBC.

This result is very inconsistent with other polling on the CBC —
although it is very consistent with the policy preferences of the
sparsely viewed Sun Network.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Whether one sees the cloudy future of the CBC as a source of deep angst
or schadenfreude depends very much on one’s position on the partisan
spectrum. What is clear, however, is that most Canadians agree on the
source of this recent trouble for the CBC — the blockbuster deal
between the NHL and Rogers. Let’s have a quick look at how the public
saw that deal.

We asked Canadians about Rogers Communications Inc.’s $5.2 billion
broadcast deal that effectively gives them exclusive rights to all NHL
games for the next 12 years. In short, Canadians are most decidedly
opposed to the deal and they foresee dire consequences for the future of
the CBC.

If there’s one thing that Canadians follow with near-fanatical
devotion, it’s not the economy and it’s certainly not
politics — it’s hockey. An astonishing 79 per cent of the Canadians
we surveyed had heard of the Rogers-NHL deal. By comparison, just 67 per
cent were aware that Stephen Harper had prorogued Parliament in 2010 and
66 per cent had heard that Canada was projected to run a budget deficit
that same year.


Those who are aware of the deal don’t particularly care for it —
these respondents oppose the deal by a wide margin (49 per cent to 28
per cent). Regionally, Albertans and Quebeckers are somewhat more open
to the deal, but the only place where this agreement receives plurality
support is among the ranks of the Conservative Party (where 46 per cent
support the deal). Once again, we see the constituency for the
Conservative party in a fairly different place than the rest of the
political spectrum. We don’t think this is driven by deep affection
for Rogers and recall the Conservative government is championing easing
some of the oligopolistic practices of Rogers and other carriers,
presumably to the applause of their constituents (so much for the whole
invisible hand thing).

So why are Canadians so averse to the deal? Well, there is some
uncertainty as to how this deal will affect the various players, but
from coast to coast, Canadians of all political stripes seem to agree on
one thing — it is bad news for the CBC.

Six in ten (63 per cent) say the deal will place the future of
Canada’s public broadcaster in jeopardy, compared to just one in seven
(14 per cent) who feel these concerns are wildly exaggerated. Once
again, however, “bad” for the CBC is a relative thing.

Furthermore, of those who expressed an opinion one way or the other,
Canadians lean heavily towards the belief that the Rogers deal will
negatively affect hockey fans and, somewhat more broadly, Canadians in
general. Indeed, the only perceived winner in this deal (aside from
Rogers, that is) is the NHL itself (38 per cent foresee a positive
impact on the NHL, compared to just 21 per cent who predict a positive
outcome for hockey fans and 16 per cent who think Canadians in general
will be better off).


Let’s return to the question of the future of the CBC. Clearly,
everyone agrees that the Rogers deal is a financial dagger to the heart
of the CBC. As the leaked memo noted, the profound loss of revenue from
the NHL Rogers deal will shake the very foundations and viability of the
CBC. With this point of consensus aside, let’s see if this is seen as
a good or bad thing and what — if anything — the public sees as a
response to these challenges.

According to Sun News, Canadians are “ready” to sell the CBC. Our
recent poll, however, comes up with a profoundly different result.
It doesn’t ask whether the CBC should be sold but it does explain to
respondents where the current levels of public stand it asks whether the
public leans toward cutting, maintaining or expanding public funding for
the CBC.

In spite of (or perhaps because of) the demise of CBC’s Hockey Night
in Canada as we know it, a plurality of Canadians (38 per cent) want to
see the CBC’s funding increased, while one-third want its funding
levels to remain steady (31 per cent). Only a little over a quarter of
respondents want to either cut or eliminate the CBC’s funding. It
seems difficult to reconcile the dramatic claim that Canadians “favour
privatizing the CBC” with our finding that around two-thirds want its
funding increased or preserved.

Notably, views of the CBC are largely split along party lines. There
certainly are members of the public who would favour eliminating the CBC
but they are a very small minority and they are largely supporters of
the Conservative party. Outside of the Conservative party, roughly half
of Canadians want more public funding for the corporation. Conservative
supporters, however, don’t share these warm feelings for the CBC, with
the plurality of these respondents (35 per cent) calling for the
broadcaster’s public funding to be scrapped completely. These results
may at least partially explain Conservative supporters’ aforementioned
support for the Rogers-NHL deal, given the resulting financial blow to
the CBC.

So how can both poll results be right? In short, they can’t. The
Abacus poll isn’t readily available and we can’t find the wording or
sequencing. It does appear that the question came from a poll with a lot
of questions on the economy and fiscal issues. Perhaps selling the CBC
is more acceptable in this context. We also wonder if the results may be
influenced by the use of an opt-in panel which doesn’t cover those who
are unwilling or unable to do surveys online. Even the online portion of
respondents are opt-in participants; the American Association of Public
Opinion Research (AAPOR) and the Marketing Research Intelligence
Association (MRIA) have noted that such surveys are not scientifically
accurate representations of the general population.

Abacus is a reputable organization that acknowledges these points in
their release and they did not author the headline. In the absence of
other evidence, we suggest that the notion that ‘Canadians are ready
to sell the CBC’ headline is not an accurate reflection of real public
opinion. While Conservative supporters may be more receptive to such a
drastic measure, the vast majority of the public wants to maintain the
CBC and leans toward augmenting its funding base.

In summary, Canadians are worried about the Rogers-NHL deal and the
consequences for hockey fans and the CBC. For the next few years, Rogers
will carry the burden of proving to Canadians that it can preserve (and
perhaps improve upon) the hockey experience, as hockey fans aren’t
likely to tolerate the degradation of their most beloved pastime.
Indeed, when it comes to hockey, Canadians have been known to set cities
ablaze for less.

Frank Graves is the founder and president of EKOS Research Associates, Ltd.

The views, opinions and positions expressed by all iPolitics columnists
and contributors are the author’s alone. They do not inherently or
expressly reflect the views, opinions and/or positions of iPolitics.

This study was conducted using EKOS’ unique, hybrid online/telephone
research panel, Probit. Our panel offers exhaustive coverage of the
Canadian population (i.e., Internet, phone, cell phone), random
recruitment (in other words, participants are recruited randomly, they
do not opt themselves into our panel), and equal probability sampling.
All respondents to our panel are recruited by telephone using random
digit dialling and are confirmed by live interviewers. Unlike opt-in
online panels, Probit supports margin of error estimates. We believe
this to be the only probability-based online panel in Canada.

The field dates for this survey are December 12-20, 2013. In total,
1,531 Canadians aged 18 and over responded to the survey. Of these
cases, 1,427 were collected online, while 104 were collected by computer
assisted telephone interviews (CATI). The margin of error associated
with the total sample is +/-2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

Please note that the margin of error increases when the results are
sub-divided (i.e., error margins for sub-groups such as region, sex,
age, education). All the data have been statistically weighted to ensure
the sample’s composition reflects that of the actual population of
Canada according to Census data.

http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/02/07/canadians-arent-ready-to-scrap-the-cbc-poll/

[Alan Baker]

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46 per cent of Canadians would like the CBC's funding to stay at the
current level and 23 per cent would like it to be increased. = 69%
support the CBC
On the flip side, 22 per cent say funding should be cut, while 12 per
cent say it should be eliminated altogether. = 34% (likely all
Harper/Cons supporters) do not.
__________________________________________
"In a poll conducted in October 2011, "
'Each week, Harris/Decima interviews just over 1000 Canadians through
teleVox, the company’s national telephone omnibus survey. The most
recent data were gathered between October 27 and October 31, 2011.'

Idiot.
Here's something a little more current, if that suits your bias. . . .

Karen: I'm in favour of continuing to fund the CBC.

Oops.