Conservative MP Andrew Scheer has launched a petition to defund Canada’s public broadcaster, citing concerns about CBC News’ “radical left-wing” content and its online media’s harm on the diversity of Canadian voices. “More and more Canadians are fed up with the CBC’s radical left-wing agenda,” the petition website says. “There are also concerns that CBC’s online news presence is undermining the viability of Canadian print and online media, reducing the diversity of voices available to Canadians.” Scheer also noted in his petition that CBC News receives $1.5 billion in annual Canadian taxpayer money, despite CBC television having less than 39 percent Canadian audience and CBC news broadcasts having less than 1 percent Canadian viewers. Scheer’s petition has accrued over 3,700 signatories as of the publishing of this article. The petition came after the recent resignation of CBC producer Tara Henley, who called out the public broadcaster’s deterioration in professional journalistic …