[Sust-mar] CBC walkout

[Ariel Harper]

I want to reply to Allison Star's comments regarding the CBC 
"walkout".  It is a lockout, 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.

Ariel Harper
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