[Wamvan] Fwd: [mediavancouver] Important: 20, 000 against severe cuts to the CBC

[Natalie Hill]

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From: Steve Anderson <steve at openmedia.ca>
Date: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:12 PM
Subject: [mediavancouver] Important: 20,000 against severe cuts to the CBC
To: mediavancouver at lists.riseup.net


Apologies for cross posting but I think all of you will want to know about
this if don't already. Please everyone sign this petition and share this
link with everyone you know: http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected

- There's very little time to stop the plan to impose severe cuts on the
CBC. The petition is nearing 20,000 signatures - let's get it there
today.<http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected>


MESSAGE START - *please share with everyone you know*

Just as this community comes together around new opportunities for the CBC,
*a few MPs (supported by Big Telecom1) have singled out the CBC for severe
cuts in the impending budget decision.* These cuts will damage our culture,
new and our digital economy—the proposed cuts are more than the current
budget for all of CBC’s digital programming!

*Please let the government know that these cuts are unacceptable.
<http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected>
**<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Freimaginecbc.ca%2Fconnected>
*

Severe cuts will destroy the opportunity for the CBC to connect Canadians
with new ideas and services. They will also *cut off the only major media
network that is independent from Canada’s price-gouging Big Telecom giants.*

*Let’s stand together and stop Canada from falling behind in a new era of
news and culture.
<http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected>**<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=7&url=http%3A%2F%2Freimaginecbc.ca%2Fconnected>
*

*Local volunteers will deliver your messages to the offices of key
Conservative MPs next week before the budget* to show them that Canadians
want to stay connected through the CBC.

Please add your voice at this crucial moment, and make sure key MPs know
that there will be a political cost for damaging our news, our culture, and
our digital future.* **Sign the petition now:
http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected* <http://reimaginecbc.ca/connected>

For a strong Canadian future,

The OpenMedia.ca Team

*
*

*P.S. Reimagine CBC Team relies on donations from people like you to stand
up for open and participatory media system. **Please consider donating
today if you can.*  <http://reimaginecbc.ca/donate>

*Footnotes*

[1] From Toronto Star: War of words heats up between CBC,
Quebecor<http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=10&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2F1076574>:
“University of Ottawa professor Marc-François Bernier, who said Quebecor
appears to be trying to further its own corporate agenda by going after the
CBC. ‘I think part of the purpose is to weaken CBC because CBC is a rather
significant competitor, especially within the Quebec market,’ said Bernier.”



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*Steve Anderson*
Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca

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