CBC is more radical than the most anti-Canadian university

The average student at Concordia University is willing to call 9/11 an act of terrorism, albeit reluctantly, while the institution's elites refuse to go even that far.

Drew Sylver
  |   September 16, 2026   |   News Analysis   |   4 Comments

I'm a Concordia student. I've sat in the classrooms, walked past the protest tables, and heard what gets said out loud on campus. 

So, when a CBC memo surfaced telling staff "Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks," signed by Basem Boshra, CBC News' Senior Director of Journalistic Standards and Public Trust, and a graduate of Concordia's Journalism program — I didn't have to go looking for the story. It was already at my school.

So, I took a camera to my own campus and asked students one question: was 9/11 a terrorist attack?

They all said terrorism. They argued about why — American foreign policy, Islamophobia — but not one of them dodged the word, even if their analysis afterwards was morally devoid. The students at the campus everyone calls radical wouldn't go where a CBC executive went.

Feature of the program, or a bug?

Fire Basem Boshra from the CBC for denying the 9/11 terrorist attack!

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To Marie‑Philippe Bouchard, President and CEO of CBC/Radio‑Canada, and Brodie Fenlon, General Manager and Editor‑in‑Chief of CBC News: We, the undersigned, are outraged by reports that Basem Boshra — the CBC executive responsible for “Journalistic Standards and Public Trust” — ordered journalists not to describe the September 11 attacks as terrorist attacks. This is not neutrality: 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger aircraft and murdered 2,977 innocent people, including 24 Canadians, in a coordinated act of terrorism. CBC’s attribution policy cannot justify obscuring this settled historical fact. We demand that CBC immediately terminate Boshra, withdraw the directive, release the complete memo, disclose who approved it, and apologize publicly to the victims’ families. If the quotation is inaccurate, release the memo and prove it; if it is accurate, act now.

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Drew Sylver

Drew Sylver is a Concordia University student who isn't afraid to say what everyone else is thinking. From the student union to social media, he defends the Judeo-Christian values that built Western civilization and exposes campus radicalism from the inside. A recipient of the Student Journalism Award from the Democracy Fund and the Independent Press Gallery, Drew is here to bring you the truth, whether you like it or not.

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  • Fran g
    commented 2026-09-18 17:02:37 -0400
    CBC is definately the worst as we taxpayers have no choice in paying them 1.5 billion every year for their horrible no information and disinformation (lieing). We cant forget that other ones like CTV Global etc are complicate also. They also are partially paid by us taxpayers even though we have no say in that. I would like to know for sure how much they are each paid, I hear about a third. Does anyone know more about that?
  • Bernhard Jatzeck
    commented 2026-09-16 19:52:56 -0400
    One of Harper’s biggest mistakes was not closing down the CBC.
  • Bruce Atchison
    commented 2026-09-16 19:14:40 -0400
    This doesn’t seem to be a good comparison. CBC, as far as I’m aware, isn’t calling for full-out communism like some useful campus idiots do. But it sure is odd how these students nailed it about 9/11.
  • Terri Carter
    commented 2026-09-16 19:02:04 -0400
    Good job… so maybe there’s some hope with canadian youth