Balancing the budget is the easy part. Removing the absolutely massive debt that Canada now has could take generations. But only if the budget stayes balanced until its paid off. Either way Canadians are in for hard times for quite some time to come!

I'd trust a news organization way more if funded by arm length funds from a democratically elected office....whether conservative or liberal...than a news source from a private huge corporation that has its fingers in many other pies, which obviously would affect which stories are left out of the conversation.

incredibly naive indeed, bringing this back to his limited "lived experience" rather than observing how coverage (covid, russia, iran, etc) is completly in line with government propaganda

NO ! NO ! and NO ! Giving voice to one political party and not the other is by definition "propaganda " !! It is the media's job to question the govt. and hold them to account on behalf of the people, not to support the govt. against the people. Hello communism !!!!!!

Hell no. We have the proof. It's called history.

Steve Paikin is in the Toronto elite bubble.

Candice for freedom

Great post! Thank you, gentlemen!

The issue with the so-called news media is that there is too much opinion and not enough unbiased reporting on the facts. The more sensational, the better for ratings/advertising and popularity from the public. Sadly, I do not know how to improve or fix this dilemma that seeps into all news media.

Only Rebel News is true news, we can trust

Diversity Sucks !!

no

This ain't 40 years ago, Steve. The CBC has SUCKED for years, and they don't even hide their bias. They are a disgrace (and never really should've existed in the first place). DEFUND...And you have TDS...Jesus...

Steve Paikin is about the only person in legacy news that I trust. I have watched many of his shows and often wonder why he is still allowed a voice considering his quest for integrity.

Very impressed with how well balanced this discussion was.

Yes. CBC is not run by Canada gov.

love Steve

I think the bias of public media isn't about funding or being worried about "biting the hand that feeds you." Seems to me it's the same problem we are seeing in many post-secondary educational institutions - the institutions self-select for progressive hires. I don't watch CBC TV, but I have been a regular listener of CBC Radio 1 for maybe 40 years or more. I grew up with Peter Gzoski, Michael Enright, Barbara Frum, etc. I can't think of a current Radio 1 host with the same depth. I can't stand the incessant outpouring of wokeness and no longer listen. Steve may be able to host a civil interview with the likes of Jordan Peterson or Glenn Loury but I challenge you to find someone at CBC who can.

I like Steve Pakin, however he and the entirety of the public funded broadcasters do not see themselves as bias for the exact same reason a fish does not see itself in water.

NO fck NO , dumb question as usual

Can we trust government funded media?!?!? Gosh no! The only media that can be trusted is owned by pornographically wealthy oligarchs who run it for personal profit! They would never have an agenda! Government baaaad! Very, very baaaaaad!!

In response to the headline, NEVER!!!! The independence of investigative journalism was the reason the press got special protection in the USA, which used to be the gold standard for governments and freedoms.

The CBC defiantly thinks about who is funding them while they are broadcasting. It is naive to say otherwise.

Steve is normally a smart guy. Unfortunately, he seems to be fully infected with "TDS" ("Trump Derangement Syndrome") 33:25. 1. "convicted of sexual offences" - Steve should go look at the particulars of this case. Anyone who believes Trump is guilty hasn't read the particulars (for example: jury explicitly said RAPE=NO. tinyurl.com/3xz8b6rv ; but judge ignored that and declared "rape" anyway). (and note that I link to the actual COURT DOCUMENT, not some idiot media opinion piece or some such). 2. Other politicians have "collegiality for each other". Does the media have collegiality towards Trump? 3. Trump has "authoritarian tendencies"/"believe in the peaceful transfer of power"/"believe in democracy". Right now, the ruling party is: trying to get the competition thrown in jail; trying to bankrupt the competition; trying to murder the competition (see the bigoted Bennie Thompson); and rigging the next election (flooding in illegal aliens, and no ID required). Happens all the time in 3rd-world hellholes. So... who, exactly, has the "authoritarian tendencies"? I urge Steve to have another look. But like I said, I am a Paikan fanboy - a sharp guy, can think and talk on his feet, logical.... I've met him a couple of times, and watched him for decades.

Silly question. Should be, 'Can we trust Steve Paikin?'

If it’s funded by Labour authoritarianism government then no you cannot trust. Any government that decides imprisonment is a way to silence its own British citizens in opposition to its destructive ideology is a worrying slide to dictatorship.

The evidence is on every second of the day on the CBC. Pro Trudeau

Great interview by the host

Steve Paikin invariably does his best to dig deep on The Agenda and also to hold his guests accountable when they blow smoke. His repeated attempts to get MPP Stan Cho to come clean about the Eglinton Crosstown imbroglio ("Getting Ontario Moving | The Agenda" available on YT) in Spring 2023 earned my respect. Cheers.

Kris speaks facts and has so much common sense.

watch the questions asked of the liberals vs the pressure they would apply to the conservatives over the last 9 years! every CBC Power panel is the most liberal bias i have ever seen... the lack of coverage during scandal after scandal. SNC / WE foundation/ Vacation Scandals... Bonuses for failing executives in the cbc all paid for by the liberals hiding the amounts!

Let's cut to the chase. We don't care if a journalist happens to believe in liberal or conservative ideas. We care that they will be honest and critical of the people who might implement government policies based on these biases. We care that they will be honest if they or the people they may have supported are wrong. Why? Because if a government, of any party is too corrupt, we have to look at alternatives that we may not have supported otherwise. This is the most important part of democracy. This is what the "free press" should deliver.

The problem is I stopped trusting Steve about 10 years ago. The answer is no.

No. The memebers of any organization will always bow to the agenda of the funding source. period. this is because of the very real threat of a loss of funding, (which threatens the workers financial stability) thus creating Tort in the relationship. The only way an organization stays true to its purpose, is by people voting with their wallet, thus they either produce what they say they will with h9nesry and integrity, which means people fund them by buying g the product, or they go out of buisness.

no your not saying this one person is responsible your saying we ALL are smh

they still say awful horrible shit about white people daily

you have the spot they were hanged then why would there be a need to hide all this

i would make a large bet on it being outhouses being moved from spot to spot to spot

There shouldn’t be any narratives, only the non biased facts, The truth!

Big fan of your Interviews and of Steve. Push back to Steve’s support of federal funding to legacy media. Conservatives 20 points ahead is in ‘spite’ of legacy media who for over 8 years showed their unabashed bias. People are not going to “legacy” media as their main source of information. Next… I don’t believe you can be employed by CBC unless you are left of Center in your political philosophy!

Yes defund the CBC, I have not listened to or watched CBC in 30 years, they are lazy, corrupt and irrelevant.

Great interview. Vassy definitely is a valuable journalist.

Who decides what is propaganda? If the information is not in alignment with the government's output, is the opposing view propaganda?

Steve is a great person. I me him in passing one day recently and had a short conversation. He is genuinely in everyday life as he appears on the screen and in podcasts. I am assuredly right of him on many issues but I feel his curiosity breaks through many of the walls erected by legacy media.

We see the media lobbying soft questions at the PM. Unfortunately Canadian media has gone downhill. CBC is a joke and definitely needs to change its focus

I like Steve and his program, at least in the past when I followed it, but he obviously has a blind spot regarding the shift in CBC. I see their spin within seconds. The At Issue panel (Andrew Coyne, Althea Raj and Chantal Hebert, and Elamin Abdelmahmoud on that show) are among few independent voices on CBC. so much of the other political programs and headline coverage is terribly biased. I am one of many former Liberal supporters who recognize the extreme progressivism of that party and it’s CBC boosters.

Aaron you are patient and respectful as always but I feel that your guest has some places he's just not willing to be curious about in his own industry. If you watch the CBC for about 2 minutes a week--which is all I can manage these days, when I used to be their biggest fan--the points you were raising seem at least worthy of serious discussion. "Show me the proof" is a tactic to dismiss the conversation. 'Tell me more about what you are seeing and hearing' would be a curious question.

TVO lives and dies by GOVT FUNDING - and TVO had the same sort of relationship with Wynne LIE-berals that CBC has with federal Trudeau LIE-berals.............................. thus govt funded media IS A BAD THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We need only look at how POPULAR the tv show W-5 was with INDEPENDENT THINKER Eric Malling at the helm...............................and now Malling has been DEAD for many years and the modern W-5 is a pale and sickly and politically correct and DEFUNCT imitation of a once great and informative and useful show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When the government is using the media to push solely its own agenda with tax payer money the media loses its purpose.

Where have you been Vassey?