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The CBC should consolidate its operations in Montreal
Recently announced cuts to the CBC/Radio-Canada got me thinking: why is this particular crown corporation’s operations split between three different major Canadian cities and why is the CBC/SRC trying to rid itself of potentially lucrative real-estate? I can’t fathom why … Continue reading
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Abandoning the Maison Radio-Canada is as unwise as it is unethical
So once upon a time there was a large, densely populated working class neighbourhood just east of Old Montreal informally called the ‘Faubourg à m’lasse’. The estimate is that in the early 1960s roughly 5,000 people lived there occupying 678 … Continue reading →
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