So CBC says it is now going to have an Indigenous oversight office. An office that is suppose to ensure that CBC actually does what it is already claiming it does, be the country’s national broadcaster. A job that comes with bags of government funding dollars. The national “publically funded” broadcaster says its “new” national strategy will see the hiring of more Indigenous staff and will promote Indigenous languages. A move that, no doubt lends itself to ensuring more funding for the CBC that could be facing potential cuts or belt tighting to its excessive funding. And for the first time, if it actually does what it claims its going to do, the country may actually hear the Indigenous perspective. The broadcaster says it talked to hundreds of people across

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