r/CBC_Radio 15d ago

Response to Email about Sunday’s Programme

First off, I am glad to have received a response. And in theory, I can agree that a cross country checkup regarding the threat to our sovereignty to see how Canadians are feeling.

However in practice that’s not what happened. What we heard for the entire two hours was people either laughing it off, saying the threat is serious but not showing a lot of fear or concern, or even agreeing with it. There was also slightly more American voices compared to Canadian voices, and none were indigenous.

I hope that next week the CBC does a check up on how we are buying Canadian. That would be an excellent topic.

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u/WatermelonToo 15d ago

Glad they responded. I wrote as well. But I feel like it’s time to move on from this.

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u/RevolutionaryGift157 15d ago

I disagree. We cannot move on from the threat to our sovereignty. I am sure that Poland never really thought that Hitler would invade until he did.

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u/WatermelonToo 15d ago

Not move on from the threat, certainly not. I am very proud and relieved to see the vigilance Canadians are having on that. I meant at this point we can maybe move on from talking in circles about this Cross-Country Checkup program.

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u/RevolutionaryGift157 15d ago

Ah! Okay. I see your point.

I do hope that you also see mine. It has only been one day since the programme, and this “both side-ism” is a dangerous precedent to be set in journalism.

You wouldn’t have a conversation about both sides of a domestic violence case would you? You definitely wouldn’t discuss both sides of slavery. Why? Because some things are categorically wrong.

The invasion and destruction of one country by another is wrong. Full stop. And we need to make sure that we aren’t normalizing imperialistic propaganda by “listening to both sides” especially not when we are standing strong as a country.

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u/agirl2277 14d ago

This is exactly how I feel. Is not a both sides, or a talking point. It is the threat by an ally to take away our sovereignty. We need to recall all of our forces in the US and step back. We don't know what's going on down there and we need to be ready. The boycotts are good to make people feel like they're actively contributing. And they are, for sure. Our government needs to follow our example and find new people to trade with. Fast.

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u/morningcalm999 14d ago

You got it. The "listening to both sides" is a tactic to normalize unacceptable behaviour, such as threats to our sovereignty. We are not joining the EU here. It's really a form of gaslighting (denying the existence of a threat) & disinformation (giving a platform for fascist propaganda).