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*In November 2023, Catherine Tait came under fire on social media for her claim, made during an appearance before the Commons Heritage Committee, that the CBC is a "precious asset" and that defunding it, she also claimed, "would be devastating" to Canadians, particularly in rural areas of the country.<ref name="precious asset">[https://www.rebelnews.com/cbc_calls_itself_precious_viewership_numbers_say_otherwise CBC calls itself 'precious'; viewership numbers say otherwise] at Rebel News</ref>  Tait's claims were exposed as hollow with the revelation that very few Canadians watch CBC programming, with only a 4.4% and declining audience share as of 2023, while she was also called out for her refusal to apologize for the CBC's policy to refuse to refer to Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist group in Canada, as terrorists, or for publishing [[disinformation]] and [[taqiyya|deceitful]] propaganda spread by Hamas in the wake of the terrorist group's attacks on Israel.<ref>[https://twitter.com/MelissaLantsman/status/1720067649290277124 Melissa Lantsman: "BREAKING: CBC President refuses to apologize for publishing dangerous disinformation spread by Hamas, a criminal terrorist organization regarding the rocket attack on a hospital in Gaza. This is a choice"] at Twitter</ref>

*In November 2023, Catherine Tait came under fire on social media for her claim, made during an appearance before the Commons Heritage Committee, that the CBC is a "precious asset" and that defunding it, she also claimed, "would be devastating" to Canadians, particularly in rural areas of the country.<ref name="precious asset">[https://www.rebelnews.com/cbc_calls_itself_precious_viewership_numbers_say_otherwise CBC calls itself 'precious'; viewership numbers say otherwise] at Rebel News</ref>  Tait's claims were exposed as hollow with the revelation that very few Canadians watch CBC programming, with only a 4.4% and declining audience share as of 2023, while she was also called out for her refusal to apologize for the CBC's policy to refuse to refer to Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist group in Canada, as terrorists, or for publishing [[disinformation]] and [[taqiyya|deceitful]] propaganda spread by Hamas in the wake of the terrorist group's attacks on Israel.<ref>[https://twitter.com/MelissaLantsman/status/1720067649290277124 Melissa Lantsman: "BREAKING: CBC President refuses to apologize for publishing dangerous disinformation spread by Hamas, a criminal terrorist organization regarding the rocket attack on a hospital in Gaza. This is a choice"] at Twitter</ref>

Because of its left-wing bias and pushing of Liberal Party and SJW propaganda in the majority of its programming ([[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation#Low ratings|see below]]) while being funded by taxpayer money and simultaneously competing for advertising money (via CBC Television and sister French network Ici Radio-Canada Télé) with privately owned English TV networks CTV, [[Global Television Network|Global]] and Citytv, French-language private networks TVA and Noovo and [[independent station]]s, critics of the CBC who object to the use of taxpayer funds to support its liberal bias have, over the years, called for the privatization (or in some cases, the abolition) of the CBC.<ref>Multiple references:

Because of its left-wing bias and pushing of Liberal Party and SJW propaganda in the majority of its programming ([[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation#Low ratings|see below]]) while being funded by taxpayer money and simultaneously competing for advertising money (via CBC Television and sister French network Ici Radio-Canada Télé) with privately owned English TV networks CTV, [[Global Television Network|Global]] and Citytv, French-language private networks TVA and Noovo and [[independent station]]s, critics of the CBC who object to the use of taxpayer funds to support its liberal bias have, over the years, called for the privatization (or in some cases, the abolition) of the CBC.<ref>Multiple references: