Foot soldiers, and friends, of Canadian broadcasting

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Executive director of Friends of Canadian Broadcasting Daniel Bernhard, seen here in Waterloo, Ont. on Aug. 1, 2019, is going around to cities with a PowerPoint presentation, petitions, and the hope that he will get locals to join in the battle for Canada's very soul.

Friends is still tub-thumping for CBC: It is currently in the midst of a campaign urging the government to increase funding from approximately $34 per capita to $50. But under Bernhard’s leadership, the organization has also moved to capitalize on a much more explosive issue, positioning itself as one of the most prominent critics of Facebook at a time when suspicion of Silicon Valley giants is leaching into the mainstream.

“Our proposition for this election is really clear,” Bernhard tells the group, standing beneath a large cut-out poster of a glass of Guinness, as he lays out Friends’ “WeChoose” campaign. “There’s a choice. We can choose to continue this policy of ‘anything goes’ for Silicon Valley. We can choose to continue extremely generous exemptions, tax breaks, all kinds of benefits for the companies that have negligible or arguably negative effects on society. Or we can support Canadian broadcasting.

Bernhard insists that Friends’ issues are not partisan ones. He notes, for example, that various Liberal governments have been alternately hostile or friendly to CBC, and that traditional conservative fiscal policies would seek to close any tax loopholes that give foreign companies an unfair advantage over domestic ones.

GlobeArts I prefer listening to radio programming from private companies, they are entitled to listen to whichever station they wish, but they should support it themselves. Why should I be forced to pay for it.

GlobeArts Yes I've seen these signs on the lawns of severely out of touch and naive people in my own neighbourhood. Fortunately only three so far and we all know their a little loonie.

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