CBC dismantling LP, CD archives
“The CBC is quietly dismantling its archives of LPs and CDs across Canada – a cultural treasure trove built over decades – even as it prepares to launch a major new music service online. With uncertainty over levels of funding from Ottawa, CBC management has told archivists to winnow the music collections at regional bureaus by the end of March. This could mean donating, selling or discarding thousands of records and CDs – a cost- and space-saving measure as recordings are increasingly digitized.”
This is a tragedy for so many reasons - Harper is slowly, but surely, undermining everything that makes Canada unique.
Holy fuck no, I love CBC. Canada is basically screwed as a country right now, are we not? We have a shitty economy, a very costly new crime bill to fill the new prisons Harper built (despite the dropping crime rate), we are taking steps away from being environmentally sound, we are denying rights to LGBTQetcetera people, we’re decreasing support for the arts, and undermining the best news/music resource in the country. Kind of makes me want to move far, far up north where I will never have to interact with the world and live in complete isolation. I have no hope for our future.
(via thebeldam)
