The Dumbing Down of Radio 2 – Tony Wilson (VOL. 20, NO. 3)
The mail from Canada was just delivered to my office in Tokyo, and I read your article in the June 2008 issue of BarTalk about the proposed changes at CBC Radio 2.

It’s shocking that we, the Canadian public, will allow those “in charge” at Radio 2 to get away with this. It smacks of kingdom building by a few who have a selfish need to leave their indelible mark on Canada. Well in the process of allowing those “in charge” at CBC to build that kingdom for themselves, we are allowing them to destroy an irreplaceably valuable part of Canada.

From my perspective in Tokyo, one of the most attractive things about returning to Canada is the time I spend listening to CBC Radio 2. If the proposed changes are put into effect, Canada will have lost one of its most valuable cultural attributes. There must be some strong organized movement in Canada to stop this.

– P. Anthony McArthur, Partner, Davis LLP

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This letter was published in the August 2008 issue of BarTalk.