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Get the widget (seen above) right here! Put it on your blog or web site. If your blog or web site accepts the “iframe” tag (most do), simply copy this code and paste it where you’d like the CBC Waste-o-Meter to appear on your site or blog. <iframe src=”http://cbcwaste.com/widget/widget.php” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” width=”200″ height=”150″></iframe> More coming very soon. Drop us a line if you like: Contact Form. And if you’d like to stay informed about CBCwatch.ca, Also see BoldColors.net Twitter: Follow @JoelJohannesen All contents Copyright ©2011 Joel Johannesen |
EXPLANATORY NOTES: The CBC Waste-o-Meter is calculated based on $1.2 BILLION per year of taxpayer support, which includes what is well-known to be $1.1 BILLION in direct annual “government” (taxpayer) funding. We add a conservative guess of an addition $100 MILLION in taxpayer funding of the “arts” and “entertainment” and “documentaries” and other taxpayer-subsidized programming that the state-owned, state-funded CBC then buys with our $1.1 BILLION. The CBC boasts of presenting lots of made-in-Canada programs, but using reasonable assumptions based on sober analysis and observation and anecdotal evidence, it seems nearly no such programing is created in Canada without itself getting Canadian taxpayer funding in the form of loans, grants, tax credits, or other such subsidies. The additional value of legal, regulatory, and other anti-competitive protections given to the CBC — is simply incalculable, but must surely measure in the several millions. Beyond the direct federal funding (currently $1.1Billion), the $100Million which we add does not represent an authoritative accounting of the CBC’s spending or taxpayer funding. advertisement
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