Catherine Tait, president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), previously wrote a private letter to Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre in which she requested a meeting to discuss his party’s campaign calling for the Liberal government to defund the public broadcaster. Poilievre rejected the meeting, prompting Tait to send a follow-up letter. “I have received…
CBC President Asked to Meet With Poilievre About His Campaign to Defund the Broadcaster: Report
CBC Holding Off On Returning to Twitter Despite Platform Removing ‘Government-Funded’ Label
The CBC says it will hold off on returning to Twitter for the time being despite the social media platform removing a “government-funded” label from the network’s account that caused CBC to stop posting on Twitter earlier this week. “We are reviewing this latest development and will leave our Twitter accounts on pause before taking…
CBC Announces Pause on Twitter Activity Following ‘Government-Funded Media’ Label
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced it will temporarily cease its Twitter activities, following its labelling by the platform as “government-funded media.” “Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue,” CBC said on Twitter on April 17. “That is why we are pausing our activities on Twitter.” Twitter applied the labrel to the CBC…
Liberal Supported TV Application Despite Conflict-of-Interest Guideline
Liberal MP Greg Fergus wrote a letter to Canada’s broadcast regulator to support a television channel’s application for mandatory carriage, despite federal guidelines that prohibit parliamentary secretaries from making such interventions. The letter was submitted to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission last week to encourage required distribution of Natyf TV, which serves a multicultural…
Peter Menzies: What Could Poilievre’s Promised ‘Defunding’ of the CBC Look Like?
Commentary We will find out in a couple of weeks if the survival of the CBC—the organization conservatives most love to hate—will be at stake in the next federal election. The vow to “Defund the CBC” has been prominent in Pierre Poilievre’s campaign to be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC)…
CRTC to Launch Hearing on CBC’s Application to Renew Broadcasting Licences
OTTAWA—Canada’s telecommunications regulator will launch a multi-day review today of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s broadcasting licences. The CRTC says electronic hearings will begin at 10 a.m. before its five-member panel. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will first hear from the public broadcaster which is seeking to renew licences for its various English- and French-language…
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