There is a monumental gap between Canadian culture and Iranian culture, which stems from how Canadian history evolved and shaped the contemporary history of Canada and how ancient Iranian history moulds current times in Iran.
Catherine Tait is the CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and Philosophy from the University of Toronto, a Master of Science degree in Public Communications from Boston University, and a Diplôme d’Études Approfondies in Communications Theory from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.
In 2019, Heather Tait came under criticism for her comments regarding the influence of Netflix in India and parts of Africa. She compared it to cultural imperialism, saying that people in positions of power may believe they are doing good for the local communities, similar to how imperial forces in the past believed they were educating and helping the people they colonized. However, she also warned about the possible damage to local communities that can occur after imperialism. She urged Canadians to be mindful of how global companies operate in their country. In response, TV critic John Doyle criticized CBC Television's lack of imagination and complacency with mediocre programming, blaming it on laziness rather than cultural imperialism.
In 2023, Tait made an announcement to the public regarding cutbacks at CBC. According to Tait's announcement, 10% of CBC staff would lose their jobs. However, when questioned on CBC News The National, Tait did not rule out the possibility of executive bonuses. This caused concern among the public, and Tait was subsequently summoned to the House of Commons. There, she was asked to answer questions related to why executives would still be receiving bonuses while 500 staff members were losing their jobs.
Kayvan Abbasi, the owner of Manoto, fled Iran during the Guadeloupe Conference of 1979 because the Western countries decided the best way to engulf the Middle East on fire was toppling the Pahlavi Dynasty. As a result, Mr. Abbasi fled Iran with no prospect of returning to his homeland.
In his vision, he imagined a future where Iran would be liberated from the Islamic Republic of Iran. He believed that a television program could play a crucial role in this by producing a diverse range of programs, including entertainment, news, and documentaries that focused on Iran's rich ancient and contemporary history, as well as the Pahlavi Dynasty.
He was a natural-born leader who could not attend school to gain theoretical knowledge on leading an organization due to a lack of resources; he gained leadership knowledge through hands-on experience. He worked at the Azadi Television program, which his father operated. Later, he moved to England in 2010 to pursue his vision of having a television program and established Manoto.
The Manoto TV program ignited a sense of nationalism among Iranians, empowering them to take charge of their fate. Previously, Western nations like England had a monopoly on Iran's media, like BBC, shaping public opinion through the lens of Marxist and Islamist ideologies. However, Manoto placed Iran's national identity at the forefront, above any Marxist or Islamist frameworks. The program focused on celebrating Iran's glory and promoting pride.
Manook Khodabakhshian, an Iranian dissident, sought a renaissance for Iran to overcome the challenges created by the Islamic Republic of Iran and to be freed from its tyranny. The Manoto was what Khodabakhshian wanted.
Manoto pushed the envelope hard and disturbed the Western country's investment in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was enriching the military-industrial complex. Obviously, the Manoto had to stop its program so the Western countries could make financial gain from the blood bath in the Middle East.
In November 2023, the owner of Manoto, Abbasi, announced that the company would be ending its operations due to budget constraints by January 2024. However, Abbasi extended its operations until the end of January 2024 and continued until the early week of February.
So, let's compare Canadian business operations with Iranian operations. CEO of CBC Catherine Tait did not care about the well-being of the staff and allowed staff to be laid off. Tait learned to become self-interested because she learned from her cultural heritage of stealing lands from the First Nations, kidnapping people from the African continent, forcing them to become enslaved and, stealing their labour power and making profit for themselves.
Cyrus the Great, the Pahlavi Dynasty, and pioneers of Iranian movies like Naser Malek Motiei or Ali Fardin taught Abbasi courage, honour, justice and the value of family. Abbasi could have shut down the Manoto program in November 2023 or sooner and put a large sum of money in his pocket. However, he kept its door open for staff to have final disclosure with its audience; unlike in Western countries, the management team fires their staff coldly and callously and traumatizes people for the rest of their lives like Brittany Pietsch, who made a video clip of herself being fired from an employee and did not know how to handle the pressure of being let go.
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