You want to piss off a Conservative, come armed with facts (emphasis mine).
What Quebecor won’t tell you about its attacks on the public broadcaster
For more than three years, Quebecor has been using its newspapers, and more recently, its SunNews Network TV license to pursue a campaign against CBC/Radio-Canada. But there are some things Quebecor won’t tell you:
- Quebecor has received more than half a billion dollars in direct and indirect subsidies and benefits from Canadian taxpayers over the past three years, yet it is not accountable to them.
- Quebecor uses this public subsidy and its dominant position in protected industries to make record profits yet complains that its TVA television network “competes” against Radio-Canada.
- Quebecor boss Pierre Karl Péladeau has sent over a dozen letters to the Prime Minister and others in government to complain that Radio-Canada does not spend enough money advertising in his newspapers.
The press release goes on to list the ways in which the network is accountable, despite Quebecor’s irresponsible claims. It’s good stuff; read the whole thing.
Cross posted at Let Freedom Rain