Reading from the Little Red Book

An acquaintance has informed me about the definitive multicultural CBC edition of the news. There this person sits, trying to glean some local news that has import for the locals. Apparently, the 6 P.M. news is anchored by an East-Indian Canadian, Anita Sharma, who moves to a Varma woman, who then moves to a Lau, who then moves to a Nathoo woman. In between, they occasionally cut to the native New Brunswickers, who used to anchor the local news, Terry Seguin, Geoff Britt, Barbara Nobes--now only far-flung reporters, who report on curling touraments and the like in places like Plaster Rock and Temperance Vale (such outposts do exist). When these three Indo-Canadians are through giving you the real news, they cut to the National segment, where Hanomansingh takes over. He then cuts to Ms. Taruc for the financial up-date. If you complain to the CBC ombudsman about this, you will receive a reply that tars one as the type of racist who should be ashamed. The fact that these people no more represent New Brunswick than an all-Caucasion line-up would represent Vancouver is obviously beside the point. Also mentioned is that the whole last week, all news of local concern has been given over to one Maritime province's inability to keep immigrants. We can't attract the necessary number of immigrants, but we sure can attract the CBC equivalent, one suspects.

Here we see the CBC's social engineering at its most obvious -- in the service of the pushing the multicultural policies of the government of Canada. It almost seems as if the message is: let's stop building immigrant ghettoes in Toronto; let's start building them in the Maritimes. God, these New Brunswickers are so backward they don't even have Thai or sushi restaurants yet.

© Bud -- I'm thinking of relocating to the Maritimes. Do you suppose I'll feel at home?