Canada’s shrinking media environment
A shrinking news universe is bad news for our democracy.
In this issue of the Monitor, we look at Canada’s shrinking media environment and the role that Canada’s public broadcaster could play under a renewed mandate.
Heading into the spring federal election, the CBC’s fate was in the balance. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to defund the CBC. Given the shrinking presence of privately owned media in Canada, that didn’t make sense. Now that the Liberals have been re-elected, the CBC has a reprieve.
The sun isn’t setting on the CBC, but will it rise to its potential—and the moment—in the coming months and years?
This issue of the Monitor examines multiple facets of the CBC/Radio-Canada—and offers suggestions for improvement.
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Is the sun setting—or rising—on the CBC?
I was only a few years into my journalism career when the future began to visit the present. Newspapers were going through a hard time,…
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Local news media is declining in Canada—we have to reverse the trend
The state of local news media in Canada is in sharp decline, which has serious implications for local communities and for the larger national dialogue…
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CBC’s road to [ir]relevance runs through cities like Hamilton
As the national public broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada has a broad mandate to serve Canadians and to “reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences,…
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CBC/Radio-Canada: a trusted Canadian symbol
Like many of us, I grew up with the CBC as a daily and vital part of my life.
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What is CBC/Radio-Canada’s role in the future of Quebec media?
Ample research has painted a bleak picture: the crisis facing the media world is exacerbating the decline of democracy.
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The truth about the CBC in Northern Canada
Around dinner time on the evening of May 10, 2024, communication services in the Yukon—internet, cell phone, and landline—wavered, guttered like a struck match, and …
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The Liberals have a mandate to improve CBC funding—here’s the case for it
One of the key issues the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, went into Canada’s spring federal election campaign cut to the heart of Canadiana:…
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Quality, not just quantity, of news outlets matter—especially in rural Canada
Communities in Canada—particularly smaller communities—are starving for local news coverage.
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The promise of social planning: revisiting the CBC’s Citizens Forum
During the spring federal election, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doubled down on claims that the CBC is out of touch—elitist, irrelevant, bloated. Whether or not…
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The case for a reimagined Radio Canada International
Imagine a service that anyone in the world can access for free. That not only provides accurate news about Canada but also world events and…
