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<div>I want to reply to Allison Star's comments regarding the CBC
"walkout". It is a<i> lockout</i>, by no means a
voluntary cessation of work, and it comes about because management at
CBC have decided that "independent, flexible, and creative
people" WITHIN the organization should not have what others take
for granted--baseline job security and benefits. Why should
artists and technicians be denied healthcare or mat leave? Does
it somehow make them LESS creative if they operate in a
corporation? And as to opportunity for independents--the
CBC has helped more fledgling broadcasters, reporters, artists, &
technicians than any other broadcaster, because part of their mandate
as a PUBLIC broadcaster is to do so--the privates have no such
obligation. There are plenty of opportunities at the CBC for
talent, and there would be more if they were funded adequately--but to
blame the loss of those indie slots (and indeed of Canada's voice) on
creative people with the temerity to want to pay bills on time is to
misread the situation entirely. </div>
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<div>Ariel Harper</div>
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