The taxpayer-funded Canadian Broadcasting  Corporation is subject to the Access to Information Act, albeit with  exemptions designed to protect their journalistic, creative and  programming activities. These exemptions are designed to protect the  broadcaster's journalistic sources and to safeguard the planning and  design process of its programming.
But it is in the interpretation of what falls under the exemptions where the CBC and some Canadians are parting ways.
The  CBC has received many requests under the Act from citizens who want  more details on how the broadcaster spends its annual $1.1 Billion  appropriation. Some taxpayers feel — legitimately, in my opinion — that  any organization receiving such a large amount of tax dollars has a duty  to be transparent about how it spends them.
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