But he has a big chunk of the nightly news on CBC, where he's basically given carte blanche to say what he wants. I also read him in the Globe and Mail, and I wouldn't call him left-leaning. I would call him very centrist, and sometimes quite conservative.
Also, on the nightly news with Peter Mansbridge, I can't think of anything left-leaning that Peter Mansbridge has said. They often have panels in which they have representatives of the conservative point of view and the liberal point of view.
This idea that the CBC, especially CBC News, is some kind of propaganda machine is one that, even though I try to see your point of view on it, I just can't wrap my mind around.