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Is the CBC paying for porn?
263By Kris Sims ,Parliamentary Bureau
Tou.tv is described as "entertainment oriented web TV video on demand offered by Radio-Canada and twenty partners, broadcasters and producers. It is the largest web TV entertainment in French Canada."
The website includes a show entitled Hard that has scenes of soft core pornography.
"If this is the RDI using French actors through our tax system in order to produce this, I would say it is not a good use of taxpayers' dollars. I think most Canadians and Quebecers would say, 'What the heck is going on here?'" said NDP MP Peter Stoffer after viewing a sample of the raunchiest scenes.
"To allocate dollars for things of a sexual nature like this would make most Quebecers and most Canadians uncomfortable."
At least one Liberal MP agreed with him.
"I can understand promoting the French language, but I certainly would not support anything that involves porn, that's for sure," said Liberal MP Lawrence MacAulay, who passed on seeing the clips, but said he wouldn't support it even if they had used actors from Quebec instead of France.
It's not known how much money CBC paid to offer the online programming, as they said it was an acquisition and the amount paid was confidential.
"Hard is not considered a pornographic program. It is rated 16+," wrote Marco Dube, spokesman for Radio Canada. "Radio-Canada does not air pornographic series on any of its platforms."
The video plays after a caution that it's best suited for those 16 years of age or older.
"If that's the case then the CBC could consider other programming for their applications," said Heritage Minister James Moore, who said he would like to see a stronger warning put on the site. "I know you are in the business of going after the CBC, but I can't comment on something that I haven't seen."
Some Conservative MPs disapproved of the content being shown on a site connected to the state broadcaster.
"I don't think my constituents would like paying for any television programming made outside of Canada," said Rob Merrifield, a Tory MP from Alberta. "It doesn't look right to me."
His caucus colleague John Williamson, former head of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, agrees.
"This kind of programming should not be on a broadcaster that is funded by taxpayers, that receives a billion dollars a year, this kind of industry does not need tax dollars to support it," Williamson said.
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AlthePal52The CBC has been screwing taxpayers for years. Sell off this embarrassment!
- The CBC has been screwing taxpayers for years. and it doesn't even feel good.
- AlthePal52I agree....'I've lost that loving feeling.'
________________________________
- pieceofmymindThe amount of money that goes to the CBC that the average Canadian pays is very small. WHY ARE YOU NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT HARPER IS SPENDING ON JAILS THAT ARE NOT NEEDED. ALSO THE VERY PAPER YOU READ IS FREQUENTLY SOFT PORN.
- Yellow_Fishpieceof?
This is what we need to do in Canada to save money.
INDIANAPOLIS—Lawmakers in Indiana voted to pass legislation prohibiting labour contracts requiring workers to pay union representation fees.
Indiana will be the first state in a decade to enact a so-called “right-to-work law,” although few states with the legislation in place boast Indiana’s union clout, borne of a long manufacturing legacy.
The move is likely to encourage national right-to-work advocates who have unsuccessfully pushed the measure in other states following a Republican sweep of statehouses in 2010.
Republicans have pushed for other anti-union laws in several industrial states where many of the country’s manufacturing jobs reside, but have faced backlash from Democrats and union supporters.
Wisconsin’s Republican-dominated assembly passed a similar law backed by Gov. Scott Walker in March, stripping nearly all collective bargaining rights from public-sector unions.
- pieceofmymindyELLOW fISH mANY OF YOUR ANCESTORS DIED FORMING UNIONS. WITHOUT UNIONS THERE WOULD BE NO MIDDLE CLASS . tHE NEED FOR UNIONS AROSE BECAUSE WORKERS WERE BEING PAID PRACTICALLY NOTHING. IF YOU HAVE NO UNIONS EVERY ONES WAGE DROPS AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT BENEFIT ARE THE TOP ONE PERCENT WITH THE OTHER 99 PER CENT ALL POOR. THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED FASCISM AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR IT. UNLESS YOU ARE VERY WEALTHY YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO YOUR REAL ENEMIES ARE INCLUDING THIS PAPER WHICH PRETENDS TO BE FOR THE WORKING GUY BUT HAS AN AGENDA TO MAKE THE RICH RICHER ONLY.
- To paraphrase Eric Cartman "Can I at least get a courtesy lick, CBC? How about a little courtesy lick next time you try to screw us taxpayers?"
- IanClunasThis is a good reason to----GET RID OF THE CBC.
My money goes to this????
- answellThey should be sold off and some of them in jail.
- SUN News has received literally hundreds of millions of tax dollars from the federal government.
As a taxpayer, I demand to know how much CON mouth pieces like Kris Sims, Ezera Levant and Charles Addler are being paid. Their salaries are paid, in large part, by the taxes I and all Canadians pay.
SUN News should be held accountable and made to pay back every dime of the hundreds of millions in our tax dollars they have defrauded absconded with.
- zeeman1Moron, they have received no DIRECT funding from the government, only certain tax write-offs that apply to other industry players as well. How much have you had to drink today?
- 1. The money comes from TAXPAYERS, plain and simple. Direct or indirect is totally beside the point! Hundreds of millions of it has gone from the pockets of taxpayers and into the pockets of the people who run SUN News and the Toronto SUN. They must be made accountable for it - PERIOD.
2. I do not appreciate being called a "moron" simply because I have an opinion which differs from yours. You can make your points without resorting to boorish name calling. If you cannot debate like a gentleman, then don't bother to reply to my posts.
- Gord DownieCertainly you're not that obtuse that you can't see the difference between CBC's direct funding and tax write-offs...right?
If you're not, what about the "literally hundreds of millions of dollars" that the Toronto Star takes from taxpayers? No problem with that as long as they're espousing your view?
- Excuse me, are you so obtuse as to believe the hundreds of millions in funding which Quebecor has taken is in the form of write offs?
They received GRANTS and CREDITS. The credits are exactly the same as receiving a cheque and the grants are in fact cheques.
Just Google "Quebecor tax grants" and wade through the results. They have received, according to some, $500 MILLION in the past 3 years - WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY AT ALL.
- Mike JonesIdiot---The difference is the 1% and Corporation----They get all the tax breaks while us Taxpayers keep paying more and dont have 500 billion profits every three months that goes in their pocket NOT CANADIANS....Funding or Tax Break is still PAYING THEM AND NOT US...
- Tax "write-offs" don't cost the taxpayers, is that what your saying? Rubbish - a buck is a buck, and a few hundred million in taxes QMI doesn't have to pay is an EXTRA few hundred million the rest of us do.
As for the Star - last time I looked, they weren't complaining about CBC funding - they take their tax dollars and don't whine about other media outlets getting theirs. The SUN News network is under an apparent delusion that only they should be allowed to feed at the public trough.
- robmik1943LKSometimes, an over-the top CBC supporter saying: "I am not a moron" reminds me of Richard Nixon saying: "I am not a thief"....
- IstvanTheHunNixon said "I am not a crook"...not thief. he was never accused of stealing...just spying and covering it up.
- Why do conservatives think that being a jerk is a virtue? Almost all your political arguments amount to "Nya nya nya nya nyaaaaaaaaa."
- Dennis_WhartonYou're not being called a 'moron' because you have a differing opinion. You're being called a moron because you are making a moronic statement
"SUN News has received literally hundreds of millions of tax dollars from the federal government."
You have provided no support for that allegation. However, we'll give you the benefit of the doubt and upgrade you to stupid.
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Is the CBC paying for porn?
263By Kris Sims ,Parliamentary Bureau
Tou.tv is described as "entertainment oriented web TV video on demand offered by Radio-Canada and twenty partners, broadcasters and producers. It is the largest web TV entertainment in French Canada."
The website includes a show entitled Hard that has scenes of soft core pornography.
"If this is the RDI using French actors through our tax system in order to produce this, I would say it is not a good use of taxpayers' dollars. I think most Canadians and Quebecers would say, 'What the heck is going on here?'" said NDP MP Peter Stoffer after viewing a sample of the raunchiest scenes.
"To allocate dollars for things of a sexual nature like this would make most Quebecers and most Canadians uncomfortable."
At least one Liberal MP agreed with him.
"I can understand promoting the French language, but I certainly would not support anything that involves porn, that's for sure," said Liberal MP Lawrence MacAulay, who passed on seeing the clips, but said he wouldn't support it even if they had used actors from Quebec instead of France.
It's not known how much money CBC paid to offer the online programming, as they said it was an acquisition and the amount paid was confidential.
"Hard is not considered a pornographic program. It is rated 16+," wrote Marco Dube, spokesman for Radio Canada. "Radio-Canada does not air pornographic series on any of its platforms."
The video plays after a caution that it's best suited for those 16 years of age or older.
"If that's the case then the CBC could consider other programming for their applications," said Heritage Minister James Moore, who said he would like to see a stronger warning put on the site. "I know you are in the business of going after the CBC, but I can't comment on something that I haven't seen."
Some Conservative MPs disapproved of the content being shown on a site connected to the state broadcaster.
"I don't think my constituents would like paying for any television programming made outside of Canada," said Rob Merrifield, a Tory MP from Alberta. "It doesn't look right to me."
His caucus colleague John Williamson, former head of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, agrees.
"This kind of programming should not be on a broadcaster that is funded by taxpayers, that receives a billion dollars a year, this kind of industry does not need tax dollars to support it," Williamson said.
Reader's comments »
By adding a comment on the site, you accept our terms and conditions and our netiquette rules. Comments for this page are closed.
Showing 1-20 of 262 comments
- AlthePal52The CBC has been screwing taxpayers for years. Sell off this embarrassment!
- The CBC has been screwing taxpayers for years. and it doesn't even feel good.
- AlthePal52I agree....'I've lost that loving feeling.'
________________________________
- pieceofmymindThe amount of money that goes to the CBC that the average Canadian pays is very small. WHY ARE YOU NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT HARPER IS SPENDING ON JAILS THAT ARE NOT NEEDED. ALSO THE VERY PAPER YOU READ IS FREQUENTLY SOFT PORN.
- Yellow_Fishpieceof?
This is what we need to do in Canada to save money.
INDIANAPOLIS—Lawmakers in Indiana voted to pass legislation prohibiting labour contracts requiring workers to pay union representation fees.
Indiana will be the first state in a decade to enact a so-called “right-to-work law,” although few states with the legislation in place boast Indiana’s union clout, borne of a long manufacturing legacy.
The move is likely to encourage national right-to-work advocates who have unsuccessfully pushed the measure in other states following a Republican sweep of statehouses in 2010.
Republicans have pushed for other anti-union laws in several industrial states where many of the country’s manufacturing jobs reside, but have faced backlash from Democrats and union supporters.
Wisconsin’s Republican-dominated assembly passed a similar law backed by Gov. Scott Walker in March, stripping nearly all collective bargaining rights from public-sector unions.
- pieceofmymindyELLOW fISH mANY OF YOUR ANCESTORS DIED FORMING UNIONS. WITHOUT UNIONS THERE WOULD BE NO MIDDLE CLASS . tHE NEED FOR UNIONS AROSE BECAUSE WORKERS WERE BEING PAID PRACTICALLY NOTHING. IF YOU HAVE NO UNIONS EVERY ONES WAGE DROPS AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT BENEFIT ARE THE TOP ONE PERCENT WITH THE OTHER 99 PER CENT ALL POOR. THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED FASCISM AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR IT. UNLESS YOU ARE VERY WEALTHY YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO YOUR REAL ENEMIES ARE INCLUDING THIS PAPER WHICH PRETENDS TO BE FOR THE WORKING GUY BUT HAS AN AGENDA TO MAKE THE RICH RICHER ONLY.
- To paraphrase Eric Cartman "Can I at least get a courtesy lick, CBC? How about a little courtesy lick next time you try to screw us taxpayers?"
- IanClunasThis is a good reason to----GET RID OF THE CBC.
My money goes to this????
- answellThey should be sold off and some of them in jail.
- SUN News has received literally hundreds of millions of tax dollars from the federal government.
As a taxpayer, I demand to know how much CON mouth pieces like Kris Sims, Ezera Levant and Charles Addler are being paid. Their salaries are paid, in large part, by the taxes I and all Canadians pay.
SUN News should be held accountable and made to pay back every dime of the hundreds of millions in our tax dollars they have defrauded absconded with.
- zeeman1Moron, they have received no DIRECT funding from the government, only certain tax write-offs that apply to other industry players as well. How much have you had to drink today?
- 1. The money comes from TAXPAYERS, plain and simple. Direct or indirect is totally beside the point! Hundreds of millions of it has gone from the pockets of taxpayers and into the pockets of the people who run SUN News and the Toronto SUN. They must be made accountable for it - PERIOD.
2. I do not appreciate being called a "moron" simply because I have an opinion which differs from yours. You can make your points without resorting to boorish name calling. If you cannot debate like a gentleman, then don't bother to reply to my posts.
- Gord DownieCertainly you're not that obtuse that you can't see the difference between CBC's direct funding and tax write-offs...right?
If you're not, what about the "literally hundreds of millions of dollars" that the Toronto Star takes from taxpayers? No problem with that as long as they're espousing your view?
- Excuse me, are you so obtuse as to believe the hundreds of millions in funding which Quebecor has taken is in the form of write offs?
They received GRANTS and CREDITS. The credits are exactly the same as receiving a cheque and the grants are in fact cheques.
Just Google "Quebecor tax grants" and wade through the results. They have received, according to some, $500 MILLION in the past 3 years - WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY AT ALL.
- Mike JonesIdiot---The difference is the 1% and Corporation----They get all the tax breaks while us Taxpayers keep paying more and dont have 500 billion profits every three months that goes in their pocket NOT CANADIANS....Funding or Tax Break is still PAYING THEM AND NOT US...
- Tax "write-offs" don't cost the taxpayers, is that what your saying? Rubbish - a buck is a buck, and a few hundred million in taxes QMI doesn't have to pay is an EXTRA few hundred million the rest of us do.
As for the Star - last time I looked, they weren't complaining about CBC funding - they take their tax dollars and don't whine about other media outlets getting theirs. The SUN News network is under an apparent delusion that only they should be allowed to feed at the public trough.
- robmik1943LKSometimes, an over-the top CBC supporter saying: "I am not a moron" reminds me of Richard Nixon saying: "I am not a thief"....
- IstvanTheHunNixon said "I am not a crook"...not thief. he was never accused of stealing...just spying and covering it up.
- Why do conservatives think that being a jerk is a virtue? Almost all your political arguments amount to "Nya nya nya nya nyaaaaaaaaa."
- Dennis_WhartonYou're not being called a 'moron' because you have a differing opinion. You're being called a moron because you are making a moronic statement
"SUN News has received literally hundreds of millions of tax dollars from the federal government."
You have provided no support for that allegation. However, we'll give you the benefit of the doubt and upgrade you to stupid.
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Is the CBC paying for porn?
263By Kris Sims ,Parliamentary Bureau
Tou.tv is described as "entertainment oriented web TV video on demand offered by Radio-Canada and twenty partners, broadcasters and producers. It is the largest web TV entertainment in French Canada."
The website includes a show entitled Hard that has scenes of soft core pornography.
"If this is the RDI using French actors through our tax system in order to produce this, I would say it is not a good use of taxpayers' dollars. I think most Canadians and Quebecers would say, 'What the heck is going on here?'" said NDP MP Peter Stoffer after viewing a sample of the raunchiest scenes.
"To allocate dollars for things of a sexual nature like this would make most Quebecers and most Canadians uncomfortable."
At least one Liberal MP agreed with him.
"I can understand promoting the French language, but I certainly would not support anything that involves porn, that's for sure," said Liberal MP Lawrence MacAulay, who passed on seeing the clips, but said he wouldn't support it even if they had used actors from Quebec instead of France.
It's not known how much money CBC paid to offer the online programming, as they said it was an acquisition and the amount paid was confidential.
"Hard is not considered a pornographic program. It is rated 16+," wrote Marco Dube, spokesman for Radio Canada. "Radio-Canada does not air pornographic series on any of its platforms."
The video plays after a caution that it's best suited for those 16 years of age or older.
"If that's the case then the CBC could consider other programming for their applications," said Heritage Minister James Moore, who said he would like to see a stronger warning put on the site. "I know you are in the business of going after the CBC, but I can't comment on something that I haven't seen."
Some Conservative MPs disapproved of the content being shown on a site connected to the state broadcaster.
"I don't think my constituents would like paying for any television programming made outside of Canada," said Rob Merrifield, a Tory MP from Alberta. "It doesn't look right to me."
His caucus colleague John Williamson, former head of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, agrees.
"This kind of programming should not be on a broadcaster that is funded by taxpayers, that receives a billion dollars a year, this kind of industry does not need tax dollars to support it," Williamson said.
Reader's comments »
By adding a comment on the site, you accept our terms and conditions and our netiquette rules. Comments for this page are closed.
Showing 1-20 of 262 comments
- AlthePal52The CBC has been screwing taxpayers for years. Sell off this embarrassment!
- The CBC has been screwing taxpayers for years. and it doesn't even feel good.
- AlthePal52I agree....'I've lost that loving feeling.'
________________________________
- pieceofmymindThe amount of money that goes to the CBC that the average Canadian pays is very small. WHY ARE YOU NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT HARPER IS SPENDING ON JAILS THAT ARE NOT NEEDED. ALSO THE VERY PAPER YOU READ IS FREQUENTLY SOFT PORN.
- Yellow_Fishpieceof?
This is what we need to do in Canada to save money.
INDIANAPOLIS—Lawmakers in Indiana voted to pass legislation prohibiting labour contracts requiring workers to pay union representation fees.
Indiana will be the first state in a decade to enact a so-called “right-to-work law,” although few states with the legislation in place boast Indiana’s union clout, borne of a long manufacturing legacy.
The move is likely to encourage national right-to-work advocates who have unsuccessfully pushed the measure in other states following a Republican sweep of statehouses in 2010.
Republicans have pushed for other anti-union laws in several industrial states where many of the country’s manufacturing jobs reside, but have faced backlash from Democrats and union supporters.
Wisconsin’s Republican-dominated assembly passed a similar law backed by Gov. Scott Walker in March, stripping nearly all collective bargaining rights from public-sector unions.
- pieceofmymindyELLOW fISH mANY OF YOUR ANCESTORS DIED FORMING UNIONS. WITHOUT UNIONS THERE WOULD BE NO MIDDLE CLASS . tHE NEED FOR UNIONS AROSE BECAUSE WORKERS WERE BEING PAID PRACTICALLY NOTHING. IF YOU HAVE NO UNIONS EVERY ONES WAGE DROPS AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT BENEFIT ARE THE TOP ONE PERCENT WITH THE OTHER 99 PER CENT ALL POOR. THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED FASCISM AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR IT. UNLESS YOU ARE VERY WEALTHY YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO YOUR REAL ENEMIES ARE INCLUDING THIS PAPER WHICH PRETENDS TO BE FOR THE WORKING GUY BUT HAS AN AGENDA TO MAKE THE RICH RICHER ONLY.
- To paraphrase Eric Cartman "Can I at least get a courtesy lick, CBC? How about a little courtesy lick next time you try to screw us taxpayers?"
- IanClunasThis is a good reason to----GET RID OF THE CBC.
My money goes to this????
- answellThey should be sold off and some of them in jail.
- SUN News has received literally hundreds of millions of tax dollars from the federal government.
As a taxpayer, I demand to know how much CON mouth pieces like Kris Sims, Ezera Levant and Charles Addler are being paid. Their salaries are paid, in large part, by the taxes I and all Canadians pay.
SUN News should be held accountable and made to pay back every dime of the hundreds of millions in our tax dollars they have defrauded absconded with.
- zeeman1Moron, they have received no DIRECT funding from the government, only certain tax write-offs that apply to other industry players as well. How much have you had to drink today?
- 1. The money comes from TAXPAYERS, plain and simple. Direct or indirect is totally beside the point! Hundreds of millions of it has gone from the pockets of taxpayers and into the pockets of the people who run SUN News and the Toronto SUN. They must be made accountable for it - PERIOD.
2. I do not appreciate being called a "moron" simply because I have an opinion which differs from yours. You can make your points without resorting to boorish name calling. If you cannot debate like a gentleman, then don't bother to reply to my posts.
- Gord DownieCertainly you're not that obtuse that you can't see the difference between CBC's direct funding and tax write-offs...right?
If you're not, what about the "literally hundreds of millions of dollars" that the Toronto Star takes from taxpayers? No problem with that as long as they're espousing your view?
- Excuse me, are you so obtuse as to believe the hundreds of millions in funding which Quebecor has taken is in the form of write offs?
They received GRANTS and CREDITS. The credits are exactly the same as receiving a cheque and the grants are in fact cheques.
Just Google "Quebecor tax grants" and wade through the results. They have received, according to some, $500 MILLION in the past 3 years - WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY AT ALL.
- Mike JonesIdiot---The difference is the 1% and Corporation----They get all the tax breaks while us Taxpayers keep paying more and dont have 500 billion profits every three months that goes in their pocket NOT CANADIANS....Funding or Tax Break is still PAYING THEM AND NOT US...
- Tax "write-offs" don't cost the taxpayers, is that what your saying? Rubbish - a buck is a buck, and a few hundred million in taxes QMI doesn't have to pay is an EXTRA few hundred million the rest of us do.
As for the Star - last time I looked, they weren't complaining about CBC funding - they take their tax dollars and don't whine about other media outlets getting theirs. The SUN News network is under an apparent delusion that only they should be allowed to feed at the public trough.
- robmik1943LKSometimes, an over-the top CBC supporter saying: "I am not a moron" reminds me of Richard Nixon saying: "I am not a thief"....
- IstvanTheHunNixon said "I am not a crook"...not thief. he was never accused of stealing...just spying and covering it up.
- Why do conservatives think that being a jerk is a virtue? Almost all your political arguments amount to "Nya nya nya nya nyaaaaaaaaa."
- Dennis_WhartonYou're not being called a 'moron' because you have a differing opinion. You're being called a moron because you are making a moronic statement
"SUN News has received literally hundreds of millions of tax dollars from the federal government."
You have provided no support for that allegation. However, we'll give you the benefit of the doubt and upgrade you to stupid.
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