OTTAWA — The CBC is pausing manufacturing on a satirical present on Indigenous points after blowback from some who claimed false pretences had been used to lure high-profile friends.
CBC spokesperson Chuck Thompson says the general public broadcaster is halting manufacturing on “Northland Tales” to make sure it doesn’t negatively have an effect on the information model and so current footage will be assessed.
A number of present and former Conservative politicians have gone on social media to denounce the manufacturing of the present, which was being produced for CBC and APTN.
The present is described by the Indigenous Display Workplace – which works to extend Indigenous media illustration utilizing federal funding – as a satire program meant to “flip the script” on trendy and historic injustices towards Indigenous Peoples.
Conservatives are questioning why CBC is funding a spoof program that used false pretences to lure high-profile folks accused of downplaying the injury brought on by residential colleges into sitting for interviews.
Conservative MP Aaron Gunn says he was approached by the present’s manufacturing workers in April however in the end determined to not grant an interview.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Might 19, 2026.
-With recordsdata from Alessia Passafiume
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