I live somewhere in the Northeast and have access to CBC and Global on my US television package and boy is it wild to sit back and watch the Canadian version of what's going on in America every night on their news.
By far the thing I remembered most was the animation from the National Film Board (NFB) which gave me a few early lessons in Canadiana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZyDsF-Gp3o (Any Habs fans out there?)
But when I talk to Canadian friends / co-workers these days, the younger ones are completely unaware of the older cultural ephemera. Even saying I was really into Gordon Lightfoot doesn't seem to have the same resonance that it used to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmGBna0JJ_U
Then they just layer on a "aren't you glad you aren't American?" narrative on top, which keeps Canadians voters distracted from the problems in their own country.
Rampant immigration? A few token articles a year. Superficial analysis using government talking points.
Can you point to an example? I dont get this vibe.
> The CBC basically parrots the US mainstream media like MSNBC and CNN.
On what issues? On American politics issues, I do find CBC to use less inflammatory language than MSNBC and certain anchors on CNN.
> Rampant immigration?
Are you referring to immigration to Canada? You say 'rampant immigration' as if it is implicit that 'immigration' itself is bad. You didnt feel the need to specify or qualify anything other than 'immigration'. This is such a severe oversight to me that it discredits your opinion on these types of topics in my eyes. There is so much to unpack in Canadas immigration policy that to categorize it away as 'rampant immigration' is telling of a lack of understanding of the details of the topic of immigration in Canada.