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Sad_Mom's avatar

Is it correct that in Britain, people can opt out of their tax money going to BBC? What if we had that here?

David Clinton's avatar

The BBC imposes a license fee on people who own TVs. It's not technically a tax and anyone has the right to opt-out by not having a TV. Unfortunately, opting out of government spending we don't agree with isn't possible in Canada. Although I did once write about a possible mechanism for making it happen: https://www.theaudit.ca/p/could-government-spending-choices

Cathy Simpson's avatar

We ignore the CBC with our attention but the problem is we can’t ignore it with our tax dollars.

David Clinton's avatar

That, sadly, is the part we can't fix.