With the loss of Hockey Night in Canada to Rogers, and the accompanying revenue, CBC has been forced to do some restructuring.

They have been trimming staff and eliminating some of their higher cost programming. But they are fundamentally running the CBC in the same fashion as before, and that’s too bad.

Because with over $1 billion per year in tax dollars going to the CBC it’s time to ask: What we are getting for our money?

Ratings for the CBC are down. And more and more people are turning away from regular TV to watch programs online with Netflix or other similar services.

CBC needs to be relevant and it needs to pay its own way.  In Canada, we have lots of choices for Canadian entertainment, news and information.  If the CBC cannot remake itself it needs to be shut down.  A billion dollars is not chump change.

I’m Brad Trost, your Member of Parliament in Saskatoon-Humboldt. You can reach my office in Saskatoon at 975-6133. Feel free to drop by my two offices for a visit: Saskatoon (Monday to Friday) or Humboldt (Tuesday and Wednesday). I always appreciate your feedback.