I completely agree. Lack of comment from people without a negative perspective and an axe to grind doesn't indicate that the cranks are in the majority. I believe most Canadians benefit from and enjoy the CBC, and want it to continue, and to strengthen. I'm another such Canadian who is happy that the government is attempting to reduce partisanship in these appointments. It is impossible to find a group of adults who are completely without any political leanings, so there won't ever be such a thing as a group of completely neutral individuals. However, a board made up purely of large and longstanding donors to one political party, is about as far from non-partisan as we could hope for.  Those griping here about the risk of partisanship and bias on the CBC don't seem at all bothered, in the main, that the current board is heavily slanted toward Conservative membership. Those griping about appointing individuals with relevant expertise would seemingly prefer know-nothings be in charge.