Cabinet has reappointed Catherine Tait as president and CEO of CBC and Radio-Canada for just an 18-month term as Ottawa reassesses the public broadcaster’s mandate going forward in a shifting online “environment,” says Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez. Tait was appointed to a five-year term as CBC’s president in July 2018, but Rodriguez told reporters in Ottawa on…
Tait Reappointed as CBC President for Just 18 Months as Public Broadcaster’s Mandate Is Reassessed
CBC President Previously Asked Twitter to Remove ‘Flow of Hate’ on Platform: Internal Documents
Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) President and CEO Catherine Tait previously asked Twitter in a private letter to remove certain content on its platform in order to “stop the flow of hate,” according to internal documents. Tait sent the letter, labelled “Confidential,” in May 2021 to then-Twitter Canada’s managing director Paul Burns concerning what she called…
CBC President Asked to Meet With Poilievre About His Campaign to Defund the Broadcaster: Report
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…
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