The CBC

Last night our national broadcaster was showing the Brit Awards. I'm a supporter of the CBC, I watch it on a regular basis for their hockey coverage as well as news and other programs. I have to admit though, I watch CBC newsworld much more. I believe that we need a national broadcaster like the CBC, it is a national institution and has the resources to really cover events "at home and around the world", to use their own motto. So when I turned on the CBC last night to see the Brit Awards I was taken aback and quite upset. Why was this on the CBC? Who would watch this awards show and why is it important for the CBC to cover it? Is the Brit Awards really important to Canadians that they feel the need to show it in prime time? I just don't get it. Decisions like this are not new to the CBC but they always baffle me. I like to think that I'm a pretty regular Canadian, whatever that means, and I don't feel an affinity towards the British. I don't think the "high culture" has to emanate from Britain like the Massey Report said it should, (the Massey Report was a report that was published in the 1950s saying that the CBC should focus on things that are of "high culture" namely British style programs and humor). Maybe this was just a way for the CBC to show how good George Stroumboulopoulos is at interviewing celebrities, but we've already all seen him on Muchmusic. It bothers me when tax payer dollars goes to things like the Brit Awards and not something more Canadian.

Shout out to the Chart Attack Hack, Strombo's (and my Brother's) hockey team