OK, So The CBC Is Good For The Country. Now Can It Start Being Good For The Arts?

“The other day I complained that the arts have essentially disappeared from CBC-TV. It’s true and the CBC’s assertion that it will air awards shows – the Geminis, the Giller, the new Hilary Weston prize for books and a Christmas special of Handel’s Messiah – doesn’t compensate. The CBC’s role as broadcaster of art-made-for-television, on which it has reneged, is far more important.”