tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20962313.post5260782802846493484..comments2023-02-14T03:58:01.759-05:00Comments on Bread And Roses: CBC changes--Letter from the President of the Canadian League of ComposersLinda Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06638897185947547067noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20962313.post-25486646306641483972007-05-16T08:46:00.000-04:002007-05-16T08:46:00.000-04:00Great comment James! I did visit your blog briefl...Great comment James! I did visit your blog briefly and I'm going to add the site to my blogroll.Linda Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638897185947547067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20962313.post-85140172719328672512007-05-15T20:23:00.000-04:002007-05-15T20:23:00.000-04:00Hi Linda,I find this blog entry most interesting. ...Hi Linda,<BR/><BR/>I find this blog entry most interesting. I have been writing letters to CBC Radio management, the House Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage and sending comments on the CBC Radio Two web site to protest the recent programming changes on CBC Radio Two since the programming changes on CBC Radio Two were first implemented on March 19, without receiving any replies from CBC Radio management. The fact that CBC Radio management is ignoring an average citizen is not all that surprising, given their cavalier attitude towards the public, but I am surprised that they would snub Dr. Steenhuisen and the Canadian League of Composers.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I am describing my own interactions with CBC Radio management and the House Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage in my own blog, at cbcradiotwoandme.blogspot.com. Please have a look if you have a moment.<BR/><BR/>I also note a statement made by Mr. Jowi Taylor in his blog on the CBC Radio Two web site describing the public consultations that were made prior to the programming changes being implemented:<BR/> <BR/>"As for consultation, there was month after month after month of it with all kinds of stakeholders - from listeners to orchestras to presenters to SOCAN to the musicians' association to... you name it."<BR/><BR/>One has to question how extensive these public consultations were if the Canadian League of Composers was neglected during this process.<BR/><BR/>If the public broadcaster is not responsive to its shareholders, the citizens and taxpayers of Canada, and the House Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage is unwilling to exercise its authority over the CBC, then who will bring the CBC back on course? Are we to live with a public broadcaster who knows no boundaries and seems to be responsible to no one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com