PBS puts out a number of very good shows- including, at the top of the list from my perspective, Nature and Nova. Nova though suffers one very serious fault- I have never seen an episode on Global Climate Change. Is that because it is an imaginary problem? I would say no- more likely it is because the premier donations for the show come from the David Koch Foundation- he of the famous Koch Brothers who have made the destruction of Climate Change awareness a corollary mission to protect their financial interests in the oil/gas business. That is the problem with depending on private money to fund TV - its influence on progamming decisions is not necessarily above board or easy to decipher- private business has, as it rightfully should , its own agenda but it is not necessarily an agenda that corresponds to what is best for society. I would be very disappointed if the Conservatives were ever to succeed in dismantling the CBC- it is a very important Voice for Canada that distinguish us in