CBC makes huge cuts - with plans to eliminate 600 positions. Is it time for a good hard look in the mirror to figure out what its future could look like? And Pierre Poilievre turns to documentary film to explain the housing crisis. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Paul Wells

Further reading: 

• CBC/Radio-Canada to cut 10 per cent of workforce, end some programming as it faces $125M budget shortfall - CBC News
• EMERGENCY EPISODE: Catherine Tait Makes Her Case for the CBC - The Paul Wells Show
• Court dismisses CBC copyright infringement lawsuit against Conservative Party - CBC News
• Canada Proud sues Dean Blundell for defamation - Toronto Star
• Housing hell: How we got here and how we get out. 
• With one video, Pierre Poilievre has taken control of the housing debate - The Globe and Mail
• Justin Trudeau: An economy that benefits us all

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Broadcast on:

07 Dec 2023