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Originally Posted by hamiltonguy
First off: Sweet does not sit on that committee. That is a handicap to start with, when lobbying for it to expand the CBC to Hamilton.
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When the house is in session you have weekly meetings with the caucus, you have retreats, and of course parties. I'm sure he had plenty of time to meet and discuss with committee members about supporting CBC Radio, which they voted down. I've heard more from Christopherson on this front than I did with Sweet.
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Originally Posted by hamiltonguy
Second: The CBC is currently under review on many fronts with respect to what it's future holds, likely we would not see any decision being made on a Hamilton station until after it is known what shape the CBC will take in the future.
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Likely a much smaller CBC.
http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=1426856
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Originally Posted by hamiltonguy
Third: Your counting is wrong. The Committee is 6 Government and 6 Opposition MPs. The Chair of the committee is a government MP and therefore voting membership of the committee is 6-5 in favour of the opposition. None of the MPs on the committee are remotely close geographically to Hamilton either.
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All the conervatives voted down expanding CBC Radio. A party Sweet is with. It's no secret the Conservatives, especially Harper, look down at the media, including CBC.