CBC Must Do Better: False Reporting on Cuba & Exposing Cozy Ties with Anti-Cuba Elements

Once again, Mr. Evan Dyer, Senior Reporter at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), has teamed up with anti-Cuba forces to push propaganda and lies about Cuba!

On Nov 4, 2025, Mr. Dyer wrote an article titled "Cuban government stealing wages from its citizens in Canada, say ex-workers.” The false, inflammatory and misleading title was intended to grab readers' attention and further a smear campaign against Cuba.

The piece attempts to portray Cuban professionals working abroad as enslaved laborers, falsely asserting that the Cuban government pockets their earnings for itself and framing the practice as “human trafficking” worthy of condemnation. In reality, under Cuba’s constitutional order, a portion of wages earned abroad is deposited into the public treasury to maintain the country’s social programs. These programs, which include free healthcare, education, sports and more, are the jewels of the Cuban Revolution and the envy of many nations.

And of course, Mr. Dyer resorts to quoting unnamed individuals of Cuban origin to throw mud at the Cuban government, its leadership and, ultimately, the Cuban revolutionary people. These people have stood their ground for more than 65 years against the US, the biggest military and economic power on the planet, defending their achievements, sovereignty and national dignity!

One must ask why Mr. Dyer maintains a close rapport with individuals linked to formerly convicted terrorists, figures he conveniently labels as “opposition leaders,” or why he refers to the daughter of a Bay of Pigs invader as a “Cuban-born researcher.” It’s time to call out this persistent anti-Cuba bias from someone whose work is funded by Canadian taxpayers.

In his most recent hit piece, Mr. Dyer names Maria Werlau as a “Cuban-born researcher” with the NGO Cuban Archive. But who is she really? She is the daughter of one of the mercenaries who took part in the US-financed, organized and led invasion of Cuba in April 1961. Apparently, her brothers were involved in other anti-Cuba terrorist acts as well! There is no need to dig deeper into the so-called NGO that she is a part of, which is directly and/or indirectly funded and supported by the US government!

Mr. Dyer has a record of anti-Cuba reporting rooted in distortion and falsehoods. In a CBC article published on May 21, 2023, he attacked the Cuban government while openly defending associates of Maximo Morales, misleadingly referring to them as “opposition activists.” Morales was charged with the biggest drug trafficking operation in Canadian history. His associates, so-called “activists” according to Mr. Dyer, had themselves declared that “war needs money” and “an eye for an eye” to overthrow Cuba’s constitutional order! Yet, Mr. Dyer chooses to platform their voices under the banners of "human rights," "democracy" and other such rhetoric!

The likes of Maximo Morales, Maria Werlau and Mr. Dyer are not only opposed to the truth, but they are adamant to destroy it by any means necessary, from misrepresenting facts to whitewashing acts of violence and terrorism!

Cuba continues to earn global respect despite these smear campaigns. Canada and Cuba recently marked 80 years of uninterrupted diplomatic relations, and the world is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Operation Carlota, where Cuban revolutionary internationalists volunteered to go to Africa to help defeat the apartheid regime in South Africa.

Moreover, Cuba registered yet another moral victory at the United Nations General Assembly voting in October 2025, where an overwhelming majority voted to end the genocidal US economic, financial and trade blockade, showing that the vast majority of the world stands with Cuba!

Cuba is currently going through an extremely difficult time after being struck by Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest hurricanes in its history, which caused immense material damage BUT NOT A SINGLE HUMAN LIFE WAS LOST DUE TO CUBA’S COMMITMENT TO PUTTING LIFE BEFORE PROFIT! Cuba urgently needs solidarity and material support from friends around the world to rebuild. Instead, the likes of Mr. Dyer and the CBC misuse their journalistic platforms to attack Cuba.

CBC must do better! At a time when baseless accusations and smear campaigns have become the norm, with Canada’s neighbor to the south labeling Bolivarian Venezuela as a hub for drug trafficking and bombing boats off its coast killing Venezuelans, Colombians and others without any repercussions and/or a peep from the international community, journalists like Dyer are poisoning the minds of ordinary Canadians.

Canadians have travelled to Cuba in the millions, experiencing not only its beaches and warm weather, but also the warmth and solidarity of its people, and wish to continue doing so. However, propaganda campaigns in Canada rising out of increasing US hostility towards Cuba and the Latin American region may jeopardize the tourism and friendly relations that Canadians have enjoyed with Cuba.

That is why I humbly request an open, public debate with CBC’s Evan Dyer so that his falsehoods and misleading reports can be challenged directly, and for CBC’s readers, listeners and viewers to gain a truthful understanding of Cuba’s humane approach and international solidarity to help solve problems facing humanity today. An approach where the needs of the majority take precedence over the individualistic, dog-eat-dog culture and mentality of “me, me, me” that dominates in places like the US and Canada.

Homeland is Humanity! (José Martí)

Brotherly,
Morteza Gorgzadeh
Toronto Forum on Cuba