Democracy Inaction

Since all of this began, I have heard a great many complaints - about the CBC, the Government, and even the CMG (though I won't name names of give quotes). I would just like to point out, to the members of CMG, that all of these things belong to you. The CMG belongs in total to you and the Government and the CBC belong to you as much as they belong to any other Canadian.

If you are unhappy with the Guild, talk to your union reps, go to Guild meetings, vote in guild elections and if you can't find a candidate you like in the Guild elections, run yourself. If you are unhappy with the Government, or the way the CBC is being run, write to, call, go out and meet your MP, the Heritage Minister or whoever it is that you are unhappy with. Tell your friends, family, neighbors, the people at your class reunion - or whoever else you can find and have them do the same.

Ask them to appoint people to the board with a history in and demonstrated dedication to public broadcasting, ask the board to appoint the same kind of people to management positions. Ask the Government to fund the CBC in proportion to it's importance to Canadian culture.

In short, if your level of involvement consists of complaining to your spouse, partner, parents, coworkers, cat etc., nothing will happen. People cannot represent your views if they do not know your views. It can be alot of work making your views known, you have to decide if the amount of grief caused by not having your views represented is worth the work involved.