{"id":3325,"date":"2012-04-16T06:10:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T10:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2012-04-16T06:11:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T10:11:17","slug":"rci-action-committee-what-you-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/rci-action-committee-what-you-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"RCI Action Committee: What you can do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rciaction.org\/blog\/what-you-can-do\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2004\" title=\"RCI\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI-300x93.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/RCI.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>(Source: <a title=\"RCI Action Committee\" href=\"http:\/\/rciaction.org\/blog\/what-you-can-do\/\" target=\"_blank\">RCI Action<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>How can you help?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How can you help stop this drastic cut of 80% of Radio Canada International\u2019s budget?<\/p>\n<p>Please write to Canada\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, and Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore.\u00a0 (See addresses below.) If they are your Member of Parliament, please mention that as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask whether CBC\/Radio-Canada should be deciding how strong or weak Canada\u2019s Voice to the World should be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whether they feel comfortable with the fact our Chinese audience will now be cut off from RCI\u2019s uncensored news about Canada and the World.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We feel because of the continuing cuts to RCI since 1990 (See:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rciaction.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/rciaction.org\/blog<\/a>), the government should give RCI financial autonomy and take RCI\u2019s budget away from CBC\/Radio-Canada\u2019s control.<\/p>\n<p>If you agree with us, please make your point of view heard.<\/p>\n<p>We have very little time to achieve our goal. We\u2019re counting on you.<\/p>\n<p>Some points you might want to bring up with the ministers or your Member of Parliament:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RCI\u2019s budget has been cut by more than 80% \u2013 from $12.3 million to $2.3 million<\/li>\n<li>RCI newsroom will be eliminated, all newscasts cut<\/li>\n<li>RCI will no longer be a broadcaster, whether on shortwave or satellite<\/li>\n<li>Chinese audience will be cut off from uncensored news from RCI because only shortwave reaches the Chinese, the RCI website is blocked by China<\/li>\n<li>Important potential trading partners such as China, India, Russia, Brazil will be cut off from news from Canada, because the RCI website is blocked or the Internet not as accessible as in North America<\/li>\n<li>As Canadians we feel it\u2019s essential Canada have a Voice to the World producing programming tailored for an audience not familiar with Canada<\/li>\n<li>Canada\u2019s Voice to the World has been a respected source of journalism for the past 67 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please consider sending an e-mail to the three ministers, even if you live outside Canada. If you are in Canada, you can send letters free to the ministers, MPs and Senators.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>RCI Action Committee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:rciaction@yahoo.ca\">rciaction@yahoo.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/rci_action\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/rciaction.org\/blog<\/p>\n<p><strong>Addresses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird\u00a0 E-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:john.baird@parl.gc.ca\">john.baird@parl.gc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mailing address:<\/p>\n<p>Hon. John Baird<br \/>\n418N Centre Block<br \/>\nHouse of Commons<br \/>\nOttawa, ON K1A 0A6<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty:\u00a0 E-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jim.flaherty@parl.gc.ca\">jim.flaherty@parl.gc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mailing address:<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Jim Flaherty<br \/>\n435-S Centre Block<br \/>\nHouse of Commons<br \/>\nOttawa, ON K1A 0A6<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore E-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:james.moore@parl.gc.ca\">james.moore@parl.gc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mailing address:<\/p>\n<p>Hon. James Moore<br \/>\n15 Eddy Street, 12th Floor<br \/>\nHouse of Commons<br \/>\nGatineau, QC K1A 0M5<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<h4>You\u2019ll find e-mail and mailing addresses of all Members of Parliament here:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parl.gc.ca\/MembersOfParliament\/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Current&amp;Language=E\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.parl.gc.ca\/MembersOfParliament\/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Current&amp;Language=E<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>You\u2019ll find e-mail and mailing addresses for all Senators here:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parl.gc.ca\/SenatorsMembers\/Senate\/SenatorsBiography\/ISenator.asp?Language=E\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.parl.gc.ca\/SenatorsMembers\/Senate\/SenatorsBiography\/ISenator.asp?Language=E<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: RCI Action) How can you help? How can you help stop this drastic cut of 80% of Radio Canada International\u2019s budget? Please write to Canada\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, and Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore.\u00a0 (See addresses below.) If they are your Member of Parliament, please mention that as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,43],"tags":[1042,1041,1071,1070,631,1040,30,1039,1046,1044,1043,1045,4082],"class_list":["post-3325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-cbc-budget","tag-cbc-cuts","tag-how-to-help-radio-canada-international","tag-how-to-help-rci","tag-radio-canada-international","tag-radio-canada-international-cuts","tag-rci","tag-rci-cuts","tag-rci-ends-shortwave","tag-sackville-closure","tag-sackville-new-brunswick","tag-sackville-transmitter-site-closure","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-RD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3202,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/radio-canada-international-to-end-shortwave-broadcasts-sackville-to-be-closed\/","url_meta":{"origin":3325,"position":0},"title":"Oh, Canada: Radio Canada International to end shortwave broadcasts, Sackville to be closed","author":"Thomas","date":"April 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This is another sad day for international broadcasting. 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