Apart from displaying contempt for "leftists," "academics," and alleged propagandists for the Liberal Party, do any of the CBC' critics recall that the CBC - like many fraught and frayed institutions such the former Ontario Hydro - was create by Conservative governments back I the day when "conservatives" actually believed in something other than neoliberal boilerplate and occasionally felt the need to "conserve" such things as social harmony, equity and even a sustainable environment? Now, the market madness that has seen its worst elements play out in the absurdity south of the border has left the Conservative Party in the hands of right-wing religious radicals for whom words such as "progressive" are invitations to displays of apoplexy. Where are the likes of Dalton Camp, Hugh Segal and others with whom I disagreed, but were at least credible of making coherent arguments base on coherent principles.