CBC CEO Summoned to Testify Again at Heritage Committee on Funding Increases

The CEO of CBC has been summoned back to the Heritage Committee to testify after she was accused of misleading the committee on how much funding it is receiving from the government. Members voted 6–5 to summon Catherine Tait to appear before the committee for questioning by April 9. “Miss Tait actually lied to the committee here. She has misled Canadians. She came in here saying, ‘I need to drop 10 percent of the CBC staff,’ over 800 jobs,” said Conservative MP Kevin Waugh. According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Ms. Tait announced a round of CBC layoffs last December due to a $125 million budget shortfall. This would involve 600 positions nationwide being cut and a further 200 vacancies remaining unfilled....