A proud day for the CBC

Triomphalisme canadian! Quand le Pouvoir impose ce qu'il veut nous montrer (la Conquête) dans le but de renforcer son emprise, et qu'on voudrait ne pas voir. Le même Pouvoir refusant de voir ce qu'on veut lui montrer (FLQ) dans le but de dissimuler sa faiblesse et sa crainte de la colère populaire.



It isn’t often that we find cause to praise the CBC, but the recent decision by the Mother Corp to air a documentary recreating the Battle of the Plains of Abraham is the right move. A planned re-enactment of the event on the battle site itself was derailed by threats of violence from fringe elements of the Quebec separatist movement, so the CBC deserves credit for filling the gap with the documentary, which retells the events of the battle that established Britain as the dominant power in North America.
The CBC’s choice won’t sit well with separatists, who still feel the shame of New France’s defeat 250 years ago, but such sentiment is nonsense. As producer Mark Starowicz explained, “This is an act of history and journalism by a documentary unit and people should understand what happened. It’s not a celebration of anything.” True, but the network’s principled stance in defence of an accurate depiction of Canada’s rich heritage is itself worth celebrating. Allowing any particular aggrieved group to begin defining the whole of Canadian history for us all would serve only to skew our nation’s narrative, leaving us not only less united as citizens, but more ignorant, to boot.
Film is a powerful way to explore history, presenting the past to viewers and letting them draw their own conclusions and make their own judgments. In a country where the two solitudes still have much to learn about prosperous co-existence, all must do everything possible to learn about our shared history, even — perhaps especially — the dark chapters.
Bravo, CBC. We’ll be watching.

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