CBC CRIES POOR: Then stop paying bonuses!- Gunter

The Sun's political columnist Lorne Gunter says the CBC should stop paying "performance incentives" and save us all some money.

[@JackieBillyTom]

DEFUND CBC STATE MEDIA

[@samadams7224]

Sell the CBC. It can't be independent if it is owned by the government.

[@samadams7224]

Just defunding the CBC won’t work because when the Liberals get back in, and they will, they'll just re-fund it again. It must be sold.

[@abhijitguha494]

why ?

[@cdncitizen4700]

@@abhijitguha494 Unnecessary expense in already difficult taxpayer times... for little to NO value. Make them earn their keep like every OTHER media and public consumption entity.

[@MstrBates-tz1hi]

​@@abhijitguha494You must be new!

[@whiskeytango9769]

The CBC needs to be defunded completely. No more tax dollars, ever again.

[@billbennett9537]

And all assets seized to be auctioned off.

[@Teachering]

Completely agree with you.

[@ukie5130]

@@billbennett9537 - These are Crown assts as the CBC is a Crown Corporation and funded by tax dollars.

[@bobskaftfeld5611]

This woman is a world class WOKING TOOL!

[@bvictoria6605]

She's a world class C U Next Tuesday!

[@MstrBates-tz1hi]

Grifters, leeches, scammers, shysters,theifs... there's a lot of them out there.

[@BillK.1973]

​@@bvictoria6605, HELL YEAH!!!!

[@Avro93]

@@bvictoria6605 tricky....cute!!!

[@andrelevesque2212]

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[@pittsky]

She is just awful.

[@Avro93]

Not even Canadian!!

[@VitoAnthonyD.-ow7oo]

Seahag

[@lucillestack474]

That's why they're laying off all those people because a lot of Canadians are not watching it either😅 me too I don't watch it and it's all fake news just like you said one-sided but we're paying for it definitely something wrong with that picture😮

[@veronicataylor780]

She should be fired. I hope CBC goes under . That is a waste of taxpayers money. Taxpayers shouldn’t pay any TV.

[@bobsobie678]

I can run the cbc for twice the salary and get even less done.

[@D33Lux]

Tax payers shouldn't be forced to pay for police, LGBT parade, abortion, welfare, childcare, MAID all those should be donation based.

[@boxerfit-fitnesspersonaltr6151]

Any organization paying bonuses with taxpayer money while laying off employees is crooked

[@fifermcgee5971]

As previously said, NO Bonuses should be paid to any federal employee or provincial or municipal period. They are fairly paid by their employer,

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

​@@fifermcgee5971public servants should lose their right to vote.

[@MarkovichCA]

So well said

[@shakyjake2133]

SO every company in Canada under any government. Bell, Telus, Rogers, CBC...

[@sk3tch776]

If Catherine Tate doesn't want to be called a liar, she could do the simple thing and JUST STOP LYING!!!

[@rinacherubino1260]

💯

[@leoncardinal2035]

SHHHHHHHRIGHT!

[@nodr469]

She can't. It's who she is

[@scottcook1586]

there should be NO bonuses when frontline people are being laid off! Abolish the CBC period.

[@abhijitguha494]

but if you abolish CBC then how do we get unbiased news about Canada my friend ?

[@lavernekeller2283]

@@abhijitguha494 you must be joking as CBC aka mothercorp never once in my 64 years has not been liberal biased to the point that they've become the mouthpiece of the liberal party 💯. They're more like Tass in the old USSR the mouthpiece of the communist party. So you have to be joking as the majority of the lamestream legacy media companies are all liberal biased there hasn't been a main stream right wing or conservative media agency since they killed off Sun TV, the only real unbiased media is the alternative citizen journalism as the legacy media don't do real journalism any more and haven't for over six decades.

[@lawrencecheung73]

I can't WAIT until PIERRE COMPLETELY TAKES AWAY THEIR FUNDING.

[@mikehorrigan7806]

He won’t.

[@samadams7224]

The CBC must be sold. Defunding only means, "give them less money."

[@ottawaan7326]

@@samadams7224agreed, get it gone. Sink or swim, but on your own this time.

[@shakyjake2133]

If you think that will happen I have a bridge to sell you. The CBC will go back to conservative nonsense when they start funding them. It's all about where the money is coming from and has nothing to do with common sense. This is obvious to anyone who can use critical thinking skills and who actually can define woke without using it as some bullshit liberal word.

[@user-fb5uz3zc2t]

Lmao no chance. when do politicians ever keep their promises? .. you still haven't learned this lesson.

[@alancane1482]

Maybe CBC could just get out of the way and allow Canadian culture to bloom naturally rather than torment us with that Liberal woke diversity crap.

[@MollyMarine]

I agree. The programs on CBC Gem look like something from the Star Wars bar

[@leoncardinal2035]

:)

[@devinhall1631]

We would get swamped by USA . We have no media here really

[@alancane1482]

@@devinhall1631 Then we’re swamped already

[@cryptameria666]

I'm sick of the CRTC ​@@devinhall1631

[@Platinumsniper]

Catherine Tait is a liar.... The truth hurts.

[@perryg5500]

And she lives in New York and makes decision for Canadian taxpayers dollars. Wake up Canada.

[@wallybartfay56]

We the people and taxpayers of Canada want the CBC abolished. The CBC is a total waste if taxpayer's money.

[@D33Lux]

Not one nickle should go to that Joseph Goebbels propaganda machine.

[@sunquestenergyhomesolution96]

Defunding won't fix the CBC. CBC needs to be removed completely or thrown into the private sector. Taxpayers don't need a government owned propaganda machine period.

[@samadams7224]

Just defunding the CBC won’t work because when the Liberals get back in, and they will, they'll just re-fund it again. It must be sold like Petro-Canada was sold and it's doing fine.

[@camberwellcarrot420]

Sell the parts, sell the buildings and land and pay down debt, in addition to the 1.4 billion saved every year.

[@smartysmart9069]

Defunding will end the cbc

[@garywagner2466]

That’s what defunding means. Duh.

[@samadams7224]

@@garywagner2466 Defunding does not mean sell. If you defund your kids it doesn't mean you disown them. Defunding only means give the CBC less money.

[@somedude6683]

*_Catherine Tate_* is everything that is *wrong* with the CBC. Just her facial expressions alone translate to 100% Wokism.

[@MsSixty2019]

And the starting range of her salary is $472,000.00 which is downright Whacko!

[@marilynnorthrup6961]

She is more eliest than woke.

[@D33Lux]

Toronto is a hub of political correct moose poop.

[@nodr469]

People like her are the issue with Canada. Out of touch American obsessed Democrat liberals.

[@nodr469]

​@@marilynnorthrup6961same thing.

[@Schnook]

She has WEF fashion sense.

[@jimdent351]

Made eerily fashionable by Dr. Evi... I mean Schwab

[@albundy7623]

It brings out her potato sack body

[@mysparky2011]

And that gross red dye job on an old woman!

[@unknownguy5204]

Like her uncle schwabski

[@Homegrown_Values]

@@mysparky2011Box dye 😂she’s on such a tight budget lol

[@georgesimon6041]

Tate never missed a paycheque.

[@rfastkats924]

I heard she makes between $480,000 and $600,000 a year including perks

[@georgesimon6041]

@@rfastkats924 $442-$521 plus perks. Google is your friend...sometimes

[@Princessthickness]

Slimy red haired eel

[@bradgriffiths2745]

Nice one.i agree

[@jamesmcgowan5933]

Your being to polite

[@abhijitguha494]

that's not nice

[@jsmith8657]

Miss Ronald McDonald, corporate woke scumbag

[@DanSmith-qx4nl]

Easy Princess I agree with you 💯 but in my younger years I was a redhead. That "Hurt". Lol

[@geraldtalsma7055]

CBC has more employees than viewers

[@tamrahawkes3170]

True that!

[@deesmith6363]

CBC is poor alright. A piss poor excuse for a news outlet. It seems they, along with pretty neat every other news outlet in Canada has forgotten the five core principles of journalism.

[@cdncitizen4700]

REAL journalism died with the likes of Christie Blatchford and Rex Murphy!

[@melrobertson2743]

Poor in intelligence and poor in integrity

[@PaulBell-nn5lu]

Truth is priority.

[@cdncitizen4700]

@@PaulBell-nn5lu ... and not just "Liberal" truth or Gov't "Virtue Narrative" sanctioned content... THE TRUTH !

[@waynemanning3262]

They all can’t bite the hand that feeds them!

[@williammcdowell2618]

Get rid of the CBC money pit

[@chrisfields3589]

Not Only Is The CEO. She's On The Board Who Decides If Employees Get Bonuses. How Is That Not A Conflict Of Interest? Unreal

[@MaryOttermn]

CBC your time is coming to an end and the bailout will cease Canadians will save billions with you gone GO CONSERVATIVES AND MAKE CANADA GREAT AGAIN

[@samadams7224]

The CBC must be sold. Defunding only means, "give them less money."

[@The_Saxon_of_Riverstone]

Stopped listening, reading and watch the CBC a long time ago.

[@abhijitguha494]

and why is that

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

the CBC was part of my life in the 60's and for decades - I can't recognize it now

[@gfgf2417]

It’s mostly lies. Their cover of the freedom convoy made most rational ppl realize that they are just liars. Also their stance that men can get pregnant hurts their credibility.

[@punjabigrandma]

A crown corporation should be outlawed from handing out any bonus. If you’re looking for bonuses, go to the private sector. When was the last time we handed out bonuses to police, firefighters, teachers, bus drivers, etc

[@user-ro8dd8tm5g]

Greed of them , CBC unnecessary waste of tax payers money.

[@mikemitchell948]

DEFUND THE MOUTHPIECE OF JUSTIN, THE CBC NEEDS TO BE ABLOISHED.

[@009sanjit]

Nancy Pelosi of Canada

[@georgesimon6041]

And she is American.

[@northern_moss]

​@@georgesimon6041no fucking wonder she could be so un-canadian.

[@fifermcgee5971]

Nancy Pelosi would not do this.

[@AllRequired]

Or perhaps the Maxine Waters of the media.

[@jdog2345]

😂😂😂

[@victorchance1510]

I heard she doesn't even live in Canada. And her salary is outrageous.

[@Princessthickness]

Wtf is she always laughing when talking?????

[@alancane1482]

Related to Kamala Harris?

[@stansirlmkhope2312]

Sociopaths

[@lawrencecheung73]

I'd be laughing too with her salary and "performance bonus"

[@MrPorsche91730]

because she knows she is untouchable and can get away with anything jmo

[@camberwellcarrot420]

It's a tell that someone's lying.

[@urbanfranko]

CBC and their ivory tower. I'll never watch them.

[@williammcdowell2618]

Nothing to watch

[@cdncitizen4700]

That's fair... they don't want OUR input either, unless it's "Team Trudeau aligned"... BUT they DO love to take your tax money regardless !

[@ericb7937]

Bonuses with our tax money, for state funded media. Insane!

[@cdncitizen4700]

... with state approved messaging/narratives ONLY... which deliberately EXCLUDES MANY or MOST Canadians' views !

[@mikemckimm8774]

As they say, you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. Tait should have been terminated years ago. DEFUND NOW

[@samadams7224]

The government should not be in the media business.

[@dimitriosotis8632]

True that!

[@danmorris7235]

Defund the cbc now.

[@samadams7224]

Just defunding the CBC won’t work because when the Liberals get back in, and they will, they'll just re-fund it again. It must be sold.

[@goldminer83]

Tait Is a LIAR!

[@sandytrimble5081]

She could drastically cut her own salary since she does such a crappy job.

[@Princessthickness]

Why does she and other execs deserve bonuses, i dont understand.... you do ur job and you get pay point finale, its like that for everyone else

[@paulat8444]

She’s horrible. What a lier.

[@Ittybittykittyclub]

They’re not going to get anything soon

[@jimdent351]

Yes they will. Pierre will defund them by making them operate more efficiently for a lot less. It will still be a promise kept

[@sunquestenergyhomesolution96]

@@jimdent351 CBC needs to be removed completely or thrown into the private sector. Taxpayers don't need a government owned propaganda machine period.

[@441rider]

@@jimdent351 Pierre's foreign policy matches Biden LOL! Canadians have become very dumbed down with school yard politicians and glee cubs.

[@VitoAnthonyD.-ow7oo]

She is even more infuriating, off-putting and sports a smug arrogance that rivals Trudeau's.

[@user-ti1rp4of4m]

Arrest her for theft

[@markhayvren2203]

Get rid of this incompetent administrator……how did she ever get this job!

[@sabredog1955]

You steal whatever you can when you know your time is almost up. She's an awful money grubber.

[@robbiehill2344]

The cbc needs to be dismantled and the employees put in jail as traitors to Canada.

[@christinawilson4155]

Get rid of CBC. What a waste of tax dollars!!

[@crowflight719]

Is it a bonus? Is it "performance incentive"? I can paint a fence on my property any color I want. But its still a fence.

[@debbiebarrett9664]

She has been Trudeau's mouth piece for years! And what an expensive mouth she has been! And she doesn't like to be called a liar?!

[@rinacherubino1260]

She was called a liar because that is what she is

[@Kiarabelle1]

One of the first priorities on Pierre Poilievre list as PM 🇨🇦 is defund this Corrupt Broadcast Corporation.

[@ronpeer7975]

Ronda Macdonald from the Liberal Propaganda wing needs her bonus. How is she going to keep that hair color going if she’s poor?

[@samadams7224]

Sell the CBC to Elon.

[@kylepurcell7328]

At least we would have a non corrupt comment section ❤

[@rangerjjj]

Great idea. Good old Elon, will definitely find a way to make them useful - somewhere, somehow ABROAD lolol

[@danoking69]

She belongs in Jail.

[@jhiggins4727]

Remembering the days when Rex Murphy graced the airwaves of CBC, remembering when Pierre Trudeau was a respected and effective politician; the CBC was once a respected source of news, information, and culture. It has been almost a decade now of disgraceful decline in Canadian politics and media.

[@garywagner2466]

Pierre Trudeau was hated by the same Canadians who hate his spineless son.

[@coralinejones6666]

If you are being paid by OUR tax dollars, which they shouldn't be, then there should be NO bonuses!

[@MrBotwood]

There's going to be a huge shock to these 1100 employees of the CBC when they have to find work in the real world!

[@tomcotter8138]

Like all biases, you're not really aware of them until somebody points them out Defund the CBC -ASAP A blind man can see what’s going on !! Justin give in more to the CBC !! After calling it horrible !! He’s like a little kid. He would rather break it then late anyone else play with it !!

[@samadams7224]

Just defunding the CBC won’t work because when the Liberals get back in, and they will, they'll just re-fund it again. It must be sold.

[@thebull2757]

The best part about all these service cuts by CBC... No one has noticed a difference.

[@gritter13]

This is the same with the Post Office, claim they are running out of money, but every higher up and supervisor just got another bonus.

[@pnoydog124]

Unlimited tax dollars

[@Farm7889]

Canadians are hurting and these guys keep taking money right out of their pockets. Shameful

[@webrbio3153]

Lets be clear! lets get more clear! Let me be Crystal Clear!! CLEAR THE ROOM of the clowns!

[@JimmyKnies]

DEFUND!!!! Get rid of the CBC

[@Bentriverrusher]

Selling out integrity, honor and the truth to keep a criminal in power must be worth at least a bonus.

[@andrewsmith6647]

Everytime I hear "Lets be clear" i throw up in my mouth. Its the Liberal CatchPhrase

[@samford1038]

The govt should take that 1.4 Billion and disperse it to seniors who ve worked 40- yrs or more as a BONUS ?

[@domenicdapice7218]

They deserve nothing!!!!!!!

[@cvan7681]

Let's all remember that her base salary, before bonuses, is almost 400K and can go up to 600K. Profound ineptitude and mismanagement, if the CBC can't make ends meet, hire someone capable of getting it to make money. No other business in Canada, or for that matter the word, gets a 1.4 billion dollar boost before operating. How do they get that cash and still lose money?

[@derekrose3632]

They are legalized criminals

[@rangerjjj]

CLOSE THEM DOWN.

[@johncurtis2573]

This woman should put in jail for theft!

[@2005abacad_]

Greedy corporations are not in private sector.

[@rangerjjj]

Fire Tait and get back all the "Incentive Pay" she's received in the past 5 years!!!

[@snerp]

Spot on!

[@MonicaVennell]

They deserve to be defunded, until that time a forensic audit would seem appropriate.

[@smartysmart9069]

I will shed tears of joy when the CBC closes it's doors

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

The CBC of Peter Gzowski, The Beachcombers, Saturday Night Blues and so, so much more is dead, gone and buried. The current Toronto-based edition does not reach out to regular Canadians anymore - it is not relevant. Yet, the Feds keep shovelling in money - time to pull the plug.

[@sunquestenergyhomesolution96]

A company in the private sector are under performing people lose their jobs. A company in the public sector are under performing people get bonuses and the taxpayer foots the bill.

[@derek89273]

The irony of this situation is brutal.

[@madmike6467]

Cancel the CBC.

[@christinarosed.p.1967]

CBC, what happens when the assilum let's the insane out on the public.

[@joannecave2565]

Whenever I hear someone say “Let’s be clear…” I instantly know that every word after that is a lie.

[@frk3387]

One News Cast a day by the CBC, is one to many

[@corvette2007]

Get rid of CBC

[@Baileygirl2023]

More money so she can have a bigger bonus. 🐂💩

[@D33Lux]

The CBC doesn't need to be reviewed, it needs to be defunded...NOW DAMMIT!

[@85gti]

How does any government funded company have the audacity to take a bonus for doing their job? They need to end all bonuses to government funded agencies

[@Michelle-xh3ir]

Thank you Lorne. You’re amazing.

[@samadams7224]

Sell the CBC to Fox News.

[@easyrider1854]

Best yet!!😂😂

[@Roseknight1]

Fox news is the same group of people they all get their walking orders(reports)from the associated press. All of them even the sun. Got to show some kind of opposition

[@mattwaters6987]

or CNN.

[@samadams7224]

@@mattwaters6987 CNN is going under. Fox has 4 times their viewers.

[@Roseknight1]

Associated press supplies all the msm with reports. Both sides

[@MrJosephstrickland]

She Mocks Canadians.

[@m70atkinson]

No bonuses or performance bonuses should ever be paid if a company is asking for money. That is a failure of the senior management team.

[@americanhotdog]

Defund and deport

[@earlkitsch1155]

Defund CBC gross injustice to Canadian taxpayers.

[@samadams7224]

Sell the CBC. Like Petro-Canada was sold.

[@rangerjjj]

CLOSE IT DOWN

[@user-md6ok3cd9j]

who does her hair? we don't want to go there.

[@claudiaaubertin2600]

The CBC needs to be defunded. Let them sink or swim. If she truly believes in the credibility of the CBC she shouldn’t be afraid to go out there and find her own advertisers to keep it afloat.

[@valeriekubashek3839]

That woman should be arrested and pay back. All she took.

[@roda344]

She never answered the question

[@edwardst-pierre1020]

The CBC across the country must become a public podcast corporation and collect money directly from the public.

[@10secterror]

Taxpayers will be happy when CBC is gone!!!

[@kellybreen5526]

No public money to the CBC.

[@lylarose2696]

Time for the CBC to lose all funding, as a matter of fact, all if the stations need to lose their government funding.

[@user-eo1vz9lt8g]

Thank goodness we still have sane people reporting on things like this, it used to be normal, but times have changed and starting to see how important these types of stories are...