Sell off CBC, VIA Rail and the National Arts Centre
June 1, 2009 · By Charles Anthony
Praise the Lord! There is hope for this country:
The federal Department of Finance has flagged several prominent Crown corporations as “not self-sustaining,” including the CBC, VIA Rail and the National Arts Centre, and has identified them as entities that could be sold as part of the government’s asset review, newly released documents show.
Finally, this government is starting to get things right!
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works for me, how about the HRC, we could sell it to the UN, probably get 8 or 9 dollars for it.
VIA Rail as a Crown corporation makes about as much sense as Air Canada being a Crown corporation. It’s just not realistic to keep it the way it is. Absolutely – spin it off.
The CBC – I would disagree, but I can see the logic behind the argument.
But the NAC? Seriously? Why not sell off the National Gallery while we’re at it? Does culture mean nothing to this government?
I posted a similar link on SDA last night.
Here’s to the hope they follow up on the words with actions, especially on the CBC.
I understand your joy at these prospects, but let’s return to reality. Harper the Liberal would never privatize the CBC or VIA Rail. Although in this respect, I don’t blame him. The morons in Ontario would elect exactly ZERO CPC MPs if those assets were to be privatized.
Robins 111! LOL! Perfect! Let’s do it.
Hurrah! Sell ‘em all off.
And I’m from Ontario btw.
This could be the saving grace for this government.
“See? We don’t have the most incompetent finance minister in history? We manufactured a budget crisis, over spent only to appear like we were progressive. The real plan was to set the conditions in place so that the divestiture of crown corporations would be the only solution!”
How sneaky of you Stevie…
I too am from Ontario, and I would be very pleased to see the sell-off of these questionable “assets”.
Honestly, VIA Rail would be better served by performing in a competitive market where they would have to look at the serious mismanagement issues currently plaguing in the system.
Speaking from a position of knowledge in that I previously worked for a provincial government entity that was not being run like a “business” because it was funded by the public purse, suddenly came under great spending scruitiny when it was privatized and is easily far more efficient and less bloated in private hands. Efficiency and risk-management actually have some meaning when the entity isn’t being run by government.
Sounds just like PM Brown of England, who Sold off the British GOLD reserves when the prices were at the LOWEST!