I'm not sure it's fair to call this a cut - they just didn't repeat last year's temporary funding boost, which was explicitly framed as being temporary. CBC's funding is almost exactly what it was 2 years ago.

Edit to add numbers for the 90% of people who won't read the article:

• 2026-27: $1,383,252,311
• 2025-26: $1,425,237,411 (later rose to $1,575,237,411)
• 2024-25: $1,383,237,411 (later rose to $1,425,237,411)
• 2023-24: $1,287,169,435 (no subsequent expenditures)
• 2022-23: $1,266,123,241 (later rose to $1,287,123,241)
• 2021-22: $1,229,423,241 (later rose to $1,250,423,241)
• 2020-21: $1,210,797,846 (later rose to $1,247,497,846)