• arrakark@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    This is such a teachable “leopards ate my face” moment for all Canadians.

    Be Canada

    Want to save money on healthcare

    Agree to sell private firm to Americans

    Get worse healthcare

    Independence is reduced

    Americans turn on you

    Same thing is happening with the CBC right now, but nobody understands what’s at stake!!

    Be Canada

    Want to save some money by not funding CBC, private media

    Almost all conservative newspapers already owned by Americans

    Agree to shut CBC down/defund/whatever

    Americans start absolutely hammering us with propaganda

    Have not a single way to defend ourselves

    Not a single source of journalistic integrity left in Canada

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      4 days ago

      Not funding CBC has absolutely nothing to do with saving money.

      It’s so they can control you better. It’s just lies people will swallow

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        4 days ago

        Its not that black and white. Some people certainly say that the reason they want to defund the CBC is because the directors/CEO are being paid way too much.

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    5 days ago

    Them having a contract with them at this late date makes zero sense. Fuck private health care, but even if you wanted a private Canadian alternative, DynaLife is literally headquartered in Edmonton.

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    Replacing Lifelabs is easier said than done. The lab needs to be in a location where the sensitive testing machines can operate. The machines need to be imported. There’s a lot of hurdles to overcome just to start