Today’s CBCWatch Quiz – How many CBC employees does it take to build a website?
Answer here.
Speaking of CBCWatch, I received this kind note from the webmaster today;
Kate, You sent 1000+ hits with that CBC post*. Zerbisias – 30.
Today’s CBCWatch Quiz – How many CBC employees does it take to build a website?
Answer here.
Speaking of CBCWatch, I received this kind note from the webmaster today;
Kate, You sent 1000+ hits with that CBC post*. Zerbisias – 30.
As a personal boycotter of CBC, I often wish blog links to CBC stories came with a warning. ie: Warning – this link takes you to CBC. It may be harmfull to your health or used against you (as demonstrated above). Use at your own risk. lol
I will give CBC online credit where it is due – their links don’t often “rot”. I wish more news organizations understood the importance of keeping reports up for future reference and existing linkage.
Even more proof the CBC needs to be put out of our misery.
Att:Cheri.
Try this site for URL links/shortening.
It identifies where the link goes. One can decide whether to proceed to the site.
http://paulding.net/bin/url.cgi
Test:
http://www.paulding.net/bin/url.cgi/13307.15
Am I to understand that Fat Tony actually got a negative -30 hits?
Could that be from the 30 people who had a shiver down their spine and had their skin crawl just thinking of that ugly, fat, gross, disgusting, commie-loving, Castro ass sniffer?
CBC and MCTV.ca popular? snort – snicker…
Not on my list.
Must be bookmarked on their 160 or so employee’s computers. When I first got on the internet I did check out CBC’s site but I quickly realized that it was worse than their broadcasts so why bother?
I use Mozilla Firefox as a browser and by just placing my cursor over the link I can see where it goes to. I usually skip it if it’s from cbc, who cares what they have to say? Like Kate says… they certainly don’t speak for me and haven’t for a long time.
I use other news sites and blogs with much more credibility in their content when covering news, not cbc or mctv.
Yes the rot thing ticks me off,
canoe is like a few days?
you can still go to the CBC and find stories about Paul martin and the 161 million dollars no other outlet allows that other than blogs.
Doug, I think it’s more correct to say Castro ass snorter.
Yes I do have to admit CBC is usefull for archive ammo. Such as the ad-scam and oil-for food links/chain of events. Nice to know our money isn’t a TOTAL waste.
I was kidding about the link warning, but I will keep that in mind Maz. Thanks.
How many CBC employees to run a website?
I dunno. However, it does seem that, like at the BBC and some other lefty news sites, there’s a large dedicated staff doing nothing but screening out politically unacceptable (non-LEFTOID) comments articles with viewer comments pages.
The number of unions/associations: 13
http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/about/unions.shtml
The Annual 1995/1996 Report
CBC WORKFORCE — AS OF MARCH 31, 1996
1996 1997 Variance %
Regular 8,181 7,311 (870) (10.6)
Temporary 763 609 (154) (20.2)
Contract 2,003 1,384 (619) (30.9)
Casual 1,026 1,372 346 33.7
Total Workforce 11,973 10,676 (1,297) (10.8)
In their 1997/1998 Annual Report they stopped reporting on the number of contract/casual workers.
And in their last published report, 70 pages in all, they’ve somehow hidden the number of employees all together.
my gawd they sure is good at crammin’ hogs to the trough . . . . can hear the snortin’ & slurpin’ from here
Almost 12 million people? A third of the country works for the CBC? I think they need an audit.
Those numbers need a bit more explanation … just about choked at nearly 12 million, surely that must be Manhours, (wihch is still alot … ) or something.
…the CBC: Canada’s lost cause…
it’s 11,973 in 1996 and 10,676 in 1997.
Even when you do “contract” or freelance work for CBC, there is an automatic deduction for union dues.
That should really be illegal. It’s theft.
More good news.
Would you trust a fisherman to find you some fish?
Go, Billy, my bye.
Would you trust the cbc?
Has this been posted at cbc.ca?
A skim ( 5 seconds was long enough there for this non-native, income tax-paying, resident of Canada) shows not. …
N.L. inshore cod fishery to reopen for a year
Last Updated Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:17:00 EDT
CBC News
A small, one-year commercial cod fishery will open in Newfoundland bays this summer, some for the first time in years, federal [Conservative] Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn announced Thursday.
[Conservative] Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn announced the opening of a small commercial cod fishery, as well as the reinstatement of recreational cod fishing. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
Hearn also announced that the popular recreational cod fishery — which had been closed in most coastal communities around the island — will be reinstated.
…
Although many scientists have warned that the health of cod stocks remains precariously low, fishermen have often reported seeing abundant cod in inshore areas.
“A small-scale fishery will allow fishers the opportunity to test their beliefs about the health of the stocks,” Hearn said in a statement. “The information gained will contribute to decisions around the future management of these stocks.” …
http://www.voy.com/178771/2320.html
What the heck?
These numbers for what?
The crappy web page, news channel and leftist documentaries and a made for TV-land environment for them to adore to work in? And news anchors that can’t speak the truth when “reporting” the news?
I’d sure like a futher explaination about what these numbers mean.
That’s interesting about the union dues being deducted from contract employees wages Kate, I wasn’t aware of that. Bet if anyone complained they would suddenly lose the contract.
OT, but the same kind of theft applies to our offshore workers, like the men from Mexico who come to Ontario to pick apples, tobacco, tomatoes, etc. from April to November every year.
For many years, my husband and I were very involved with a group of Mexican workers, some of whom we are still in touch with, and questioned our MP as to why income taxes and CPP were deducted from their paycheques each month. Will they receive a pension from the Canadian government when they are no longer able to work in Canada have reached retirement age, and what benefits do they receive from paying income taxes? Essentially, they live in barracks, with no access to vehicles or outside entertainment, and work 12 hour days, often 7 days a week.
We got no response from our MP, a Liberal, despite his promise to get back to us.
So, there’s 160 people working on the website, but how many CBC staff are sent to “unimportant” places like Africa and South America to actually report? Does anyone know? What’s going on in that progressive failure called Zimbabwe, eh?
new kid on the block: What’s the problem? When I worked in the UK I paid UK taxes like everybody else over there, as one should. Shouldn’t Mexican guest workers pay taxes when working in Canada just like Canadians have to?
Maybe you should claim “special status” for them and call the NDP for help.
The CTV had something on about the muslim conference being held, cbc did also. Something struck me as strange. Muslim girls in burkas etc, muslim women in burkas walking alone in the street. All worried that anyone dressing like a muslim will be targeted. My question is:
These women are supposed to be devout muslims. Muslim women are not allowed out without a male relative in their own country, or to drive. Why are these devout muslim women only devout in their dress, but drive, use cell phones, walk alone on the street. My impression is that they pick and choose what aspects of their religion they wish to practice, but expect the rest of us to think they are so religious. Someone should follow all those female relatives of the terrorists in jail, with a camera, and see how they act and dress when not on TV. I think they protest too much. How many muslim girls do you see in the malls with short skirts etc and the head dress on.
It takes one Kate to host a website with the latest news, links, insigtful commentary, information on subjects of interest with backup, reports on interesting subjects about things that people actually care about – and it takes HOW many CBC “Leaping Liberano/Dipper zombies” to set up a website with links that work??? And we are paying one bill – which one? – hint: it is not the one you are reading! How fair is that? It is time to shut down that total waste of money, the CBC, Liberano/Dipper ‘shreik sheets’ and “Bagdad Bob’ TV shows.
We can send the extra $$ to people like Kate so she can pave her driveway. (She has done a great job, on her own, on the information highway – she would likely like a good driveway, that she does not have to make herself).
Sorry for your luck leaking culvert; Kate is not cheering for your losers. She is the best read news scorce in your ‘living in the 1930’s’ province. Many good people, way too many loser (Dipper)governments.
new kid on the block
Here’s some info on your question regarding Mexicans and their entitlements to CPP.
Human Rights and Citizenship: The Case of Mexican Migrants in Canada
http://tinyurl.com/rcejm
Muchas gracias, JM, for the link to the article on Mexican Migrant workers in Canada. I’ve filed it, and will read it when I get a chance.
What would your Saskparty do for the roads? They won’t even speak out against the Tories over transfer payments. They’re gutless. I’d gravel all marginal paved roads. WE have lots of gravel in Sask. I’d twin the highway from here to Weyburn and south to Portal. It costs a million dollars a km to build a new road. I’d make municipalities kick in some money. It would be a major construction priject. I go to Moose jaw quite often. That intersection west of town they talk about building an over pass. Why don’t people learn how to drive. I’ve seen cars go out in front of semis because the drivers are too old to judge distance. Anyone 80 years of age or over shouldn’t be allowed to drive. I won’t be. Don’t be so damn impatient. We could build overpasses at dozens of intersections but we can’t make people better drivers. Some of these old farmers drive like they own the road. I’ve travelled southern Sask for years I’ve avoided many accidents by keeping my eyes on the road and on the vehicles. I’ve been cut off many times by some old codger in a grain truck. One guy cut me off and blew two tires on his truck while doing so. He damn near rolled his truck. All you Ralph and Ednas out there pay attention. That intersection in Moosejaw is bad because these old codgers cut off semis and get killed. Wake up. People are too impatient. Like Pasua N. A lot of accidents between semis and cars. People don’t watch and they get killed. Many of the drivers killed are over 65 years. Their eyesight is bad their reflexes are bad. That’s the main problem. Because of their bad driving habits we have to build overpasses. These are fairly level roads we’re talking about. Mr.Senior open your eyes. My grandfather as he got older he drove faster and when he was 75 he was a nice man but a menace on theroad. You out there in blog land know someone or 2 or 3 in your small towns like that.