May 27, 2015
Dear Ms. Enkins, Ombudsman for CBC
Re: Challenging The Rationale of False Equivalence
I am writing in response to your recent review -‐ Vaccinations and Balance, Again – May 4, 2015. Your review was in response to a number of complaints about the manner in which the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, and specifically The Current and Cross Country Check Up have addressed the topic of vaccinations.
In your review you defended the journalistic standards of various CBC producers using the rationale of “false equivalence” or “false balance”.
Read the full letter from Ted Kuntz (PDF format) here.
In response to the suspension of students in ON schools for not reporting vaccination status, the following letter was sent to Ontario’s 85 School Boards via Canada Post.
We are writing in response to the information being disseminated by the Public Health Agency of Canada in ‘A Parent’s Guide to Vaccination’. The broader medical community, the public, and especially parents look to health authorities such as the
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to provide accurate, up-to-date information to assist in making informed decisions regarding the health and safety of children.
In response to information sent to school administrators from Fraser Public Health in BC, a joint letter from VCC, Canada Health Alliance, World Council For Health Canada, and Children’s Health Defense Canada was sent to Fraser Health and others.
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