| − | According to a 2020 release of its annual report (as reported by [[Rebel News]]<ref>[https://www.rebelnews.com/cbc-annual-report-majority-canadians-dont-want-news-sports-entertainment CBC report acknowledges 94.7% of Canadians don't watch their news or entertainment] at Rebel News</ref>), CBC Television is the least-watched of Canada's main four broadcast TV networks (after privately owned networks CTV, the [[Global Television Network]] and [[Citytv]], in that order), with a prime-time audience share of only 5.3%. The network's insistence on shoehorning left-wing propaganda into all of its programming content (including even its sports coverage), which has become worse in recent years under Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]], has been blamed for its low audience share, as very few people are willing to watch or buy into such content. Since then, despite record taxpayer-funded cash infusions into the CBC by the ruling Trudeau Liberals, CBC Television's ratings have dropped even further to less than 3.9% of viewers across Canada.<ref>[https://westernstandardonline.com/2020/12/cbc-viewership-hits-record-lows-as-subsidies-hit-record-highs/ CBC viewership hits record lows as subsidies hit record highs] at the Western Standard</ref> | + | According to a 2020 release of its annual report (as reported by [[Rebel News]]<ref>[https://www.rebelnews.com/cbc-annual-report-majority-canadians-dont-want-news-sports-entertainment CBC report acknowledges 94.7% of Canadians don't watch their news or entertainment] at Rebel News</ref>), CBC Television is the least-watched of Canada's main four broadcast TV networks (after privately owned networks CTV, the [[Global Television Network]] and [[Citytv]], in that order), with a prime-time audience share of only 5.3%. The network's insistence on shoehorning left-wing propaganda into all of its programming content (including even its sports coverage), which has become worse in recent years under Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]], has been blamed for its low audience share, as very few people are willing to watch or buy into such content. Since then, despite record taxpayer-funded cash infusions into the CBC by the ruling Trudeau Liberals, CBC Television's ratings have dropped even further to less than 3.9% of viewers across Canada.<ref>[https://westernstandardonline.com/2020/12/cbc-viewership-hits-record-lows-as-subsidies-hit-record-highs/ CBC viewership hits record lows as subsidies hit record highs] at the Western Standard</ref> Because of those low ratings, the CBC has had to resort to buying commercial time on other Canadian broadcast and cable networks (including the Weather Network and Citytv, particularly on the latter's broadcasts of ''Hockey Night in Canada'') in order to get attention for its shows; it has also resorted to wasting more taxpayer money by hiring what the CBC says are "monitors" to watch the network for "viewer experience issues".<ref>[https://www.rebelnews.com/cbc_hire_someone_to_watch_cbc CBC hiring someone to watch CBC] at Rebel News</ref> |