CBC Not Yet Decided on 2023 Executive Bonuses, President Tells Committee

CBC CEO and president Catherine Tait says the organization has not yet decided whether it will award bonuses to executives in 2023, adding that a decision will be made in June. “We have a process which is very rigorous. After internal deliberations with the board of directors at our June board meeting, once we’ve had a chance to present the audited financial statements, there will be a discussion and we will inform employees,” Ms. Tait told the Commons heritage committee on May 7. In December 2023, the public broadcaster announced that about 600 CBC and Radio-Canada jobs would be eliminated and about 200 vacancies left unfilled due to a $125-million budget deficit. When a CBC reporter asked whether the organization’s executives would still receive bonuses, Ms. Tait responded that it was too early to say....