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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(Short Cuts) Newspocalypse Now

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(Short Cuts) Newspocalypse Now