CBC’s top boss has been summoned to a Commons committee on the reason executives collected millions of dollars in bonuses as the organization undergoes layoffs and budget constraints.
The House committee voted unanimously on Oct. 2 for CBC CEO Tait and board chair Michael Goldbloom to appear on Oct. 21 for questioning, as first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter.
CBC announced in December 2023 that approximately 600 CBC and Radio-Canada jobs would be eliminated and roughly 200 job vacancies left unfilled due to a $125 million budget shortfall. Tait provided testimony before the Heritage Committee Jan. 30, saying the CBC faced “chronic underfunding” and has had to “stretch limited resources to meet our mandate.”…