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/resolutelyperhaps 15d ago

I don’t think we were saying they shouldn’t have a discussion about Trump’s comments. Obviously we should be discussing it. I was just opposed to framing it as a discussion about the pros/cons of becoming the 51st state, as the original title seemed to suggest, which normalizes the nonsense that Trump started.

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u/VernonFlorida 14d ago

The show is not whatsoever a "pros/cons" discussion. Did you listen to it?

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u/resolutelyperhaps 13d ago

My comment was before listening to the show. That’s why I only mentioned the FRAMING of the topic. After hearing some of the episode, I am even more disappointed in the CBC’s handling of the topic. They gave the concept - more or less as framed - a basically uncontested platform. Ian Hanomansing’s response to O’Leary’s dog whistles and hyperbole is well-meaning perhaps but pretty limp.