One much-repeated proposal by the federal Conservatives involves taking federal funding away from the CBC - but not Radio-Canada, its French-language equivalent.
Village Media readers were roughly equally divided on the idea, with 53 per cent disagreeing and 47 per cent agreeing.
Women are much more likely to be opposed:
As are older readers, though this isn't as strong a pattern:
There isn't a strong connection to income, other than in the highest bracket:
Not surprisingly for a signature Conservative policy, there is a strongly partisan aspect to the responses:
Responses are strongly correlated to views on gun control, and whether the federal government dealt with the 2022 convoy protests correctly:
Supporters of public funding for the CBC are much less likely to have or want tattoos ...
... and a bit less likely to use recreational cannabis, though this isn't anything like as strong a relationship:
CBC supporters were much more likely to have said they were paying some attention to the Paris Olympics. There's a much more tenuous relationship with watching the NHL.
CBC supporters are much more likely to be open to EVs:
Cat people are more likely to want the CBC to keep its subsidy, and dog people are more likely to want to take it away:
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