" More important, a French-English co-production would have provided the checks and balances that enabled Canada: A People’s History, the 32-hour history series broadcast in 2000 and 2001, to win such admiration."

Sounds right.
The whole world has deteriorated in character and quality since 9/11. CBC is no exception.
Look at the US for example. Since 9/11 some six trillion dollars of the people's money has gone up in smoke wasted on stupid, futile, immoral wars that have created the worst bloodbath, the most war crimes, and the most urgent humanitarian crisis since WWII.