When Herr Harper cut a lot of their funding CBC changed into trying to emulate private media with these political clickbait pieces and celebrity gossip to boost income, haven't seen it since. When I grew up in 80s/90s they would have fascinating documentaries by real scientists most of those disappeared or became political too.

I remember the CBC under Martin and Chretien (both Liberals), it was far from fawning then. Right now the government is doing good things, it's good that they aren't always critical, then it would be a useless signal. And the CBC was pretty even balanced during the first 3 years of CPC leadership, it was only after the Scientist muzzling and the lack of media access / questions that the CBC starting upping the criticism.