James Moore
© Reuters/Blair GableMinister of Canadian Heritage James Moore.
The Sun News Network strikes again.

In their latest attack against the CBC, the right-leaning media conglomerate is accusing our state broadcaster of paying for and broadcasting soft-core porn.

Sun News is referring to Hard, a program produced in France and broadcast on Radio Canada's on-demand web portal Tou.tv.

The show, which is featured prominently on Tou.tv's homepage, includes scenes with nudity and explicit sexual activity all the while the CBC logo sits atop the digital player.

Even the pro-CBC New Democrats are shaking their heads at this latest revelation.

"If this is the RDI using French actors through our tax system in order to produce this, I would say it is not a good use of taxpayers' dollars. I think most Canadians and Quebecers would say, 'What the heck is going on here?'" NDP MP Peter Stoffer told Sun News after viewing a sample of the raunchiest scenes.

"To allocate dollars for things of a sexual nature like this would make most Quebecers and most Canadians uncomfortable."

Heritage Minister James Moore, who refused to view scenes from Hard, even conceded that the program might not be appropriate for the public broadcaster's website.

"If that's the case then the CBC could consider other programming for their applications," Moore told Sun News.

"I know you are in the business of going after the CBC, but I can't comment on something that I haven't seen."

For over the past year, the CBC has been the favourite 'punching bag' for the Sun News Network.

The attacks, led by controversial on-air personality Ezra Levant, have been relentless, and at times unfair, focusing on the CBC's $1.1 billion budget and their lack of transparency.

But in this case, the attack may be warranted.

Is it appropriate for a public broadcaster to purchase a foreign program which includes explicit nudity and sex scenes?

In an email to the Sun's Brian Lilley, CBC said that it doesn't consider Hard to be pornographic and refused to disclose how much it paid for the on-line broadcast rights.