No don’t worry: this is not a “gaffe”. Layton is “progressive”.
But quite apart from being a either “progressive” or a “gaffe”, I challenge folks to email me with why this isn’t actually “socialist fascism” in the works.
In the meantime, I presume that this is what the liberal-left means by “progressive” (and not merely a “gaffe”):
The socialist you’ve got to be kidding party of Jack Layton is now so fed up with a free-thinking Canada and Canadians as a whole; a Canada so lacking in what he and his leftists agree are requisite big brother authoritarianism; so contemptuous of the fact that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights and freedoms; and that Canadians are still able to exercise their relatively free will—that is without government permission and authority and funding—that he now proposes (dictates?) to force Canadian-only programming on Canadians during prime time.
He says he will use the liberals’ already existing state regulator of what we’re allowed to watch on TV and listen to on the radio and in what proportion and at what times, the CRTC, to monitor and mandate these
“progressive”
fascist changes upon us.
He will ensure this is possible by taking money away from you, and then giving it to his state-employed “artists” and “documentary film” makers and “story-tellers”.
Presumably he will do this North Korean or Iranian-style, through the handy conduit of the liberal-left’s already state-owned, state-run CBC and Radio-Canada.
My bolding and highlighting
Prime-time TV should be Canadian: Layton
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
2008-09-23QUEBEC – NDP Leader Jack Layton wants to ensure that prime-time TV shows are written and produced by Canadians and feature Canadian stars.
He’s also pledging to restore the money cut from arts funding by the Tories and give tax breaks to artists, writers and performers. Layton says he would use the CRTC to ensure that Canadian productions dominate key viewing hours.
He’s also promising more government money for the TV and film industries and stable and secure funding for CBC and Radio-Canada.
He accuses Prime Minister Stephen Harper of attacking arts and culture and says it’s time to reverse that approach.
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“Attacking arts and culture”. That’s some drama right there. So emotional. So expressive. I smell a Juno Award!
Here’s the latest available TV ratings. As you can see, CBC is just about the last thing that people choose to watch (their top program came in at number 22, just after another re-run of TWO AND A HALF MEN), when they’re given the relatively free will to watch whatever they want. Layton is against this freedom.
Data courtesy of BBM Nielsen Media research.
National data are copyright BBM Nielsen Media Research
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