The cash-strapped CBC is weighing the closure of its venerated in-house documentary unit.
The move is the latest sign of a Canadian broadcast sector feeling the strain of a soft advertising market and cord-cutting, and includes rival Bell Media eliminating 120 Toronto TV jobs this summer.
A CBC spokesman on Tuesday told The Hollywood Reporter that "everything is on the table."
The prospect of shuttering the in-house producer of Canada: A People’s History and The Canadian Experience prompted a letter to CBC president and CEO Hubert Lacroix and newly installed head of English programming Heather Conway signed by 17 leading staff at the public broadcaster.
The CBC has already imposed deep budget and job cuts, and diversified its primetime lineup away from procedurals and shiny-floor reality competition shows, in a bid to close a $130 million (about $121 million U.S.) budgetary shortfall.
The network's blow from a continuing advertising revenue crunch includes losing prized Canadian NHL rights to Rogers Media after the private sector rival signed a blockbuster $5.2 billion ($4.9 billion U.S.) deal with the pro hockey league.
A consolidating Canadian TV market has been buffeted by ad dollars increasingly chasing consumers online, and cable and satellite TV operators facing increased cord-shaving and cord-cutting.
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PS - This brings me back to the purpose of this website. Do we need a publicly funded (to the tune of over $100 million EVERY month) State Broadcaster competing with the private sector???
cbcexposed is all about exposing the waste of the CBC ... over 1 billion dollars a year of taxpayer money funds the cbc and a lot of that taxpayer money is wasted.
CBC is shifting its priorities
The CBC is shifting its priorities from television and radio to digital and mobile services, a move that will reduce staff, and supper-hour news broadcasts and programs produced in-house, says CBC president and CEO Hubert T. Lacroix.
“We used to lead with television and radio. Web came and then mobility came. We are reversing, we are inverting the priorities that we have,” Lacroix said, referring to the broadcaster’s 2020 strategy. “We’re going to lead now with mobility, we’re going to lead with whatever widget you use.
A number of CBC personalities have gone public with their opposition to the cuts.
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“We used to lead with television and radio. Web came and then mobility came. We are reversing, we are inverting the priorities that we have,” Lacroix said, referring to the broadcaster’s 2020 strategy. “We’re going to lead now with mobility, we’re going to lead with whatever widget you use.
A number of CBC personalities have gone public with their opposition to the cuts.
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CBC privatization makes sense in today's world
In the world of instant News availability for Canadians from a variety of sources, including the internet why do we need a Government owned, taxpayer funded, Liberal biased expensive CBC? The CBC can be successfully privatized to an array of small independent broadcasters and radio stations who can better serve Canadians with programming they actually want without endlessly draining public funds. An analysis done by Google last year showed that more Canadian content has been uploaded to YouTube since it was launched in 2005 than has been created by CBC since the 1950s.
The billions of dollars earned from the privatization of the CBC could help pay down our debt and the $83,000,000 sucked from tax payers every single month could be redirected to our critical Health Care needs, perhaps even adding dental coverage for Canadians. The CBC’s biased approach to news and information content – a failure of Journalism 101 – continues to represent only the left wing despite taxing every Canadian and every cable and satellite user across Canada.
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The billions of dollars earned from the privatization of the CBC could help pay down our debt and the $83,000,000 sucked from tax payers every single month could be redirected to our critical Health Care needs, perhaps even adding dental coverage for Canadians. The CBC’s biased approach to news and information content – a failure of Journalism 101 – continues to represent only the left wing despite taxing every Canadian and every cable and satellite user across Canada.
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CBC Spin is amazing but true
CBC Exposed recently obtained the following information from a CBC insider ...
A few examples of the spin that the CBC management seems to be so adept at:
1) Spin: The CBC No Longer Receives Over A Billion Dollars A Year from the Taxpayers
“Opponents sneer at the hundreds of millions of dollars in public support the CBC receives. (They can no longer bray about the catchy “billion-dollar subsidy” because the Conservative government cuts have taken the figure well below $1-billion.) Accusations of left-wing bias will be shouted. More accusations about overstaffing and overpayment to staff will be thrown around.”
But hold on a minute; the CBC receives other taxpayer funded programs like the CMF. In the 2014/15 budget period, the CBC Television (English/French) will receive over $83 million dollars from the CMF, who’s major funding source is Heritage Canada. Note: this is just the CMF Television funding we receive; it doesn’t include the CMF Digital and Convergence funds.
So on a $15 million television series, only 1/3 or $5 million comes from the actual CBC budget that is provided by Federal funding. The rest, $10 million, is from the CMF and tax credits.
A quote from Hubert Lacroix:
The actual ad revenue was $120 million to $135 million over the last few years. The rights fees paid to the NHL have been over $100 million US per year. The cost of production has been $30 million a year (that figure does not include the number of full time positions that must be maintained year round even though the hockey season is 9 months – add another $4 million). The cost of sales, promotion and advertising was another $40+ million a year (those huge Hockey Night in Canada billboards on the Gardiner aren't cheap).
So now the spin is has turned into, “Hey, take it easy with those government cuts as we were just hammered by losing the NHL!”, when in fact the loss of hockey saves money.
The Rogers negotiating team (Keith Pelley and Scott Moore) absolutely took the CBC to the cleaners with this deal. Of course they did, just look at the two CBC executives that were negotiating as they were hardly qualified to do the deal, 1) Neil McEneaney, a CPA, bright man but a true bean-counter who knows very, very little about the world of hockey and is not part of the extremely small NHL inner circle, and 2) Jeffrey Orridge, a trained lawyer and CBC newbie who was made head of Business for CBC Sports without ever having spent a minute in the broadcast industry and had never produced a second of TV in his life. This position was created due to politics by Kirsten Steward as she knew the head of sports would always be powerful with the board so she divided up the Executive Director, Sports position into two (business and production) to limit their power. When Orridge was hired, he had never done a single broadcast/production deal…and he was the CBC negotiator on the NHL deal? The CBC never had a chance.
Side note: Orridge's first rights deal at CBC was with the IOC for one Winter and one Summer Olympics. The CBC was the only entity bidding (both Bell and Rogers publicly stated they would not be bidding) and the IOC still managed to get three bids out of CBC. The CBC was bidding against itself. The IOC is still telling that story in the back rooms and laughing. Needless to say, the Olympics are a money-loser for CBC.
Rogers made out like a bandit as they get 350+ hours per year of CBC prime time to broadcast their NHL games for 4 years which gives them time to build Citytv into a national network. They keep 100% of the revenue, control all the content and they use CBC production facilities and staff at discounted rates (CBC is still paying for many of the staff for the 4 years).
So how did the Canadian taxpayer make out in the Rogers deal? CBC loses a revenue source of more than 1,400 hours of prime time ad inventory over the 4 years, pays for production staff and facilities and controls none of the content on Canada’s public broadcaster. Why was this just given away to a private corporation? To save jobs? Mr. Lacroix again:
“While this deal will result in job losses, the staffing impact would have been much greater had we lost hockey entirely, as CBC is still producing hockey.”
So CBC saved some union jobs and gave away the farm to do it. Many people wonder out loud if the CBC is even allowed to give over 1,400 hours of airtime away to a private corporation under their mandate – but then again, the management would just find a way to spin it as a good agreement for the CBC.
These are just a few of the ‘amazing but true’ situations at the CBC, but what is most amazing is that the vast majority of the media in Canada buy the spin. Why?
CBC Insider
CBC criticized for secretiveness
A new report on Canada's freedom-of-information laws slams the federal government for its poor performance in making computer data public, even as the Harper administration touts its 'Open Data' policy.
The report especially criticized the CBC in a section about whether released records were excessively blacked out under the exemptions provided by the laws.
"One of the greater ironies of the audit was the secretiveness of the CBC, whose journalistic arm routinely probes other government agencies for information and makes extensive use of freedom of information laws," says the audit.
The public broadcaster was asked for information about the possible addition of advertising to CBC Radio, for example, but declined to provide much.
"Briefing notes for CBC president Hubert Lacroix ... were almost completely blacked out, including everything in sections labelled 'transparency and accountability'," the researchers noted.
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The report especially criticized the CBC in a section about whether released records were excessively blacked out under the exemptions provided by the laws.
"One of the greater ironies of the audit was the secretiveness of the CBC, whose journalistic arm routinely probes other government agencies for information and makes extensive use of freedom of information laws," says the audit.
The public broadcaster was asked for information about the possible addition of advertising to CBC Radio, for example, but declined to provide much.
"Briefing notes for CBC president Hubert Lacroix ... were almost completely blacked out, including everything in sections labelled 'transparency and accountability'," the researchers noted.
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CBC planning a fresh round of service cuts
A watchdog group says the CBC is planning a fresh round of service cuts, including making Radio Two online-only and merging some English and French programming — but the public broadcaster denies the claims.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting says executives are set to propose several major cuts when the board of directors meets in Ottawa on June 17 and 18. The group says they learned of these plans through “high-level sources inside the CBC.”
According to the watchdog, the proposed cuts include a plan to shut down over-the-air distribution of Radio Two — CBC’s FM radio network that plays primarily adult contemporary, classical and jazz — in favour of distributing music solely online.
CBC/Radio-Canada spokesperson France Belisle called the claims “speculation, inaccurate and misinformation.”
The public broadcaster announced in April it would cut some 657 jobs amid federal budget cuts and lagging TV ratings. It has also lost the rights to “Hockey Night in Canada” to Rogers Media, which paid a whopping $5.2 billion for a 12-year deal.
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Friends of Canadian Broadcasting says executives are set to propose several major cuts when the board of directors meets in Ottawa on June 17 and 18. The group says they learned of these plans through “high-level sources inside the CBC.”
According to the watchdog, the proposed cuts include a plan to shut down over-the-air distribution of Radio Two — CBC’s FM radio network that plays primarily adult contemporary, classical and jazz — in favour of distributing music solely online.
CBC/Radio-Canada spokesperson France Belisle called the claims “speculation, inaccurate and misinformation.”
The public broadcaster announced in April it would cut some 657 jobs amid federal budget cuts and lagging TV ratings. It has also lost the rights to “Hockey Night in Canada” to Rogers Media, which paid a whopping $5.2 billion for a 12-year deal.
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Time to let CBC die on the vine
At a workshop nearly two weeks ago, members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) suggested letting the post office provide banking services through its 6,500 retail offices.
At about the same time, over at the CBC, its largest unions were simply demanding that Canadian taxpayers increase Mother Corp’s subsidy by 50%. Nothing remotely innovative about that.
Meanwhile, the French-speaking union said Canadians were going to have to ask themselves if they want a CBC and whether they were prepared to fund it properly.
Well how about no and no?
An argument could be made that Canada Post still has a function to perform in rural and remote areas; that no one else could guarantee mail delivery to every address in the country.
But there is not a single thing the CBC does – not news, not drama or public affairs, and certainly not sports – that private broadcasters cannot do. And without tapping taxpayers.
It’s time to let both Canada Post and the CBC die on the vine.
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At about the same time, over at the CBC, its largest unions were simply demanding that Canadian taxpayers increase Mother Corp’s subsidy by 50%. Nothing remotely innovative about that.
Meanwhile, the French-speaking union said Canadians were going to have to ask themselves if they want a CBC and whether they were prepared to fund it properly.
Well how about no and no?
An argument could be made that Canada Post still has a function to perform in rural and remote areas; that no one else could guarantee mail delivery to every address in the country.
But there is not a single thing the CBC does – not news, not drama or public affairs, and certainly not sports – that private broadcasters cannot do. And without tapping taxpayers.
It’s time to let both Canada Post and the CBC die on the vine.
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CBC lacks common sense
Over the last three years, the federal government has cut more than 20,000 public servant jobs and made cuts of 10% or more to many departments and Crown corporations.
Years after the announcement of such cuts, guess who are the only ones still blubbering and refusing to make an effort to balance the books? Those who have a microphone in their hands paid by your taxes!
If the employees of CBC/Radio-Canada are so concerned about the loss of jobs, why don’t they propose a 3% cut to their own income, which could save all the 657 jobs at risk?
Why didn’t the union initiate the reopening of the collective agreement since their members are the best-paid of the industry?
Why? Because it’s always easier to syphon off the taxpayer’s wallet than their own.
Let’s also not forget that CBC’s managers gave themselves over $18 million in bonuses over the last two years and CBC’s president, Hubert Lacroix, had to recently repay $30,000 in expense claims that violated the corporation’s own spending rules.
What CBC/Radio-Canada desperately lacks these days is not public money but common sense, decency, transparency and political neutrality.
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Years after the announcement of such cuts, guess who are the only ones still blubbering and refusing to make an effort to balance the books? Those who have a microphone in their hands paid by your taxes!
If the employees of CBC/Radio-Canada are so concerned about the loss of jobs, why don’t they propose a 3% cut to their own income, which could save all the 657 jobs at risk?
Why didn’t the union initiate the reopening of the collective agreement since their members are the best-paid of the industry?
Why? Because it’s always easier to syphon off the taxpayer’s wallet than their own.
Let’s also not forget that CBC’s managers gave themselves over $18 million in bonuses over the last two years and CBC’s president, Hubert Lacroix, had to recently repay $30,000 in expense claims that violated the corporation’s own spending rules.
What CBC/Radio-Canada desperately lacks these days is not public money but common sense, decency, transparency and political neutrality.
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CBC's new reality
No one can say they didn't see it coming. The writing has been on the wall at the CBC for quite some time.
For a long time, the network was known as the place for hockey, The Simpsons reruns and Coronation Street.
And this is a public broadcaster?! Their existential crisis isn't just starting -- they lost their way years ago.
Perhaps if the CBC privatizes or reinvents itself to be like TVO or PBS they could work with a smaller budget.
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For a long time, the network was known as the place for hockey, The Simpsons reruns and Coronation Street.
And this is a public broadcaster?! Their existential crisis isn't just starting -- they lost their way years ago.
Perhaps if the CBC privatizes or reinvents itself to be like TVO or PBS they could work with a smaller budget.
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CBC Double Standard
The CBC transparent? Ha! You've got to be kidding us.
Yet that's what state broadcaster CEO Hubert Lacroix said at a Wednesday senate committee meeting.
Lacroix was being grilled on all sorts of challenges faced by the CBC. One of which directly involved him.
He was found to have claimed almost $30,000 in improper expenses. They were for living expenses, but CBC rules stated he wasn't eligible for them.
Here's what he had to say about this on a CBC program: "Is it embarrassing to me? Am I upset, am I angry? I mean, I've been preaching transparency since day one."
Really? If that's the case, then why have media outlets including Sun Media gone to court to try to learn basic information about how CBC spends taxpayer dollars ... and still leave without answers?
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Yet that's what state broadcaster CEO Hubert Lacroix said at a Wednesday senate committee meeting.
Lacroix was being grilled on all sorts of challenges faced by the CBC. One of which directly involved him.
He was found to have claimed almost $30,000 in improper expenses. They were for living expenses, but CBC rules stated he wasn't eligible for them.
Here's what he had to say about this on a CBC program: "Is it embarrassing to me? Am I upset, am I angry? I mean, I've been preaching transparency since day one."
Really? If that's the case, then why have media outlets including Sun Media gone to court to try to learn basic information about how CBC spends taxpayer dollars ... and still leave without answers?
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CBC is an insult to all Canadians
CBC is an insult to all Canadians and I’m not talking about the state broadcaster’s on-air offerings.
Does anyone actually believe that CBC news reader Peter Mansbridge makes between $63,797.54 and $80,485.22 a year?
Well, those were the figures Hubert Lacroix, president of the CBC, sent to a Senate committee examining the future of the state broadcaster. Senators had asked for the information on top earning on-air talent.
CBC also tried to claim that radio host Jian Ghomeshi and TV host Amanda Lang earned between $60,844.32 and $77,390.42 last year, figures no one is buying.
You might think this a witch hunt by the Conservatives but even Liberals in the Senate are fuming.
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Does anyone actually believe that CBC news reader Peter Mansbridge makes between $63,797.54 and $80,485.22 a year?
Well, those were the figures Hubert Lacroix, president of the CBC, sent to a Senate committee examining the future of the state broadcaster. Senators had asked for the information on top earning on-air talent.
CBC also tried to claim that radio host Jian Ghomeshi and TV host Amanda Lang earned between $60,844.32 and $77,390.42 last year, figures no one is buying.
You might think this a witch hunt by the Conservatives but even Liberals in the Senate are fuming.
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CBC president Hubert Lacroix $30,000 mistake
CBC president Hubert Lacroix is apologizing to CBC staff and supporters for claiming $30,000 in expenses to which he wasn't entitled.
Lacroix, in his opening statement before a Senate committee studying the challenges facing the news organization, said both he and the CBC made an error in reimbursing his Ottawa business expenses.
"I'm deeply distressed that this could damage the integrity of CBC/Radio-Canada and its management of public resources," Lacroix said.
An internal audit, made public last week, found Lacroix had been wrongly claiming accommodation costs since his 2008 appointment. Lacroix had been submitting claims for living expenses since he started his job as CEO and president of CBC on Jan. 1, 2008. He was also getting a $1,500 per month living allowance after deciding not to move to Ottawa, where the CBC is headquartered. Lacroix lives in Montreal.
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Lacroix, in his opening statement before a Senate committee studying the challenges facing the news organization, said both he and the CBC made an error in reimbursing his Ottawa business expenses.
"I'm deeply distressed that this could damage the integrity of CBC/Radio-Canada and its management of public resources," Lacroix said.
An internal audit, made public last week, found Lacroix had been wrongly claiming accommodation costs since his 2008 appointment. Lacroix had been submitting claims for living expenses since he started his job as CEO and president of CBC on Jan. 1, 2008. He was also getting a $1,500 per month living allowance after deciding not to move to Ottawa, where the CBC is headquartered. Lacroix lives in Montreal.
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CBC President Hubert Lacroix’s game
The president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is standing in
a place where people lie for a living, telling a bunch of hard truths.
All morning, Hubert Lacroix has been here on the set of CBC News Network’s Power & Politics, which has been commandeered for a series of town halls with local staff. An overflow crowd of French-language employees filed out a few minutes ago, and now about 100 English- language colleagues are nibbling on free pizza, sombrely challenging the boss on his vision of their future at a time of smaller budgets and industry turmoil.
“We’re in a much better place than we were last year,” he tells the staff. “At the end of the day, we’re gonna be bruised, but we’re gonna be okay.”
Lacroix seems to believe that the best defence is a good offence. So he is in the midst of transforming the CBC into a nimble model for the whiplash digital age. He may well be Kasparov. But what if the chess board itself is evaporating before his eyes?
Lacroix seems to have won the room. The only problem is, if it’s a convincing rallying cry to marshal the troops, it is not a unique mission statement for a public broadcaster.
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All morning, Hubert Lacroix has been here on the set of CBC News Network’s Power & Politics, which has been commandeered for a series of town halls with local staff. An overflow crowd of French-language employees filed out a few minutes ago, and now about 100 English- language colleagues are nibbling on free pizza, sombrely challenging the boss on his vision of their future at a time of smaller budgets and industry turmoil.
“We’re in a much better place than we were last year,” he tells the staff. “At the end of the day, we’re gonna be bruised, but we’re gonna be okay.”
Lacroix seems to believe that the best defence is a good offence. So he is in the midst of transforming the CBC into a nimble model for the whiplash digital age. He may well be Kasparov. But what if the chess board itself is evaporating before his eyes?
Lacroix seems to have won the room. The only problem is, if it’s a convincing rallying cry to marshal the troops, it is not a unique mission statement for a public broadcaster.
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CBC Fifth Estate at fault in Leenen libel case
After winning his case in Ontario’s Superior Court, Dr. Leenen said, ‘Four years ago we proposed to settle this law suit for $10,000 and an on-air apology. It was refused…The Fifth Estate persisted and took me through 10 weeks of trial.’
The trial judge awarded very high damages for libel against The Fifth Estate and the CBC as well as individual reporters and producers. The CBC appealed. Ontario’s Court of Appeal disagreed with the CBC, and ruled that Dr. Leenen had been libelled. Finally, the CBC tried to take the case to Canada’s highest court, the Supreme Court of Canada.
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The trial judge awarded very high damages for libel against The Fifth Estate and the CBC as well as individual reporters and producers. The CBC appealed. Ontario’s Court of Appeal disagreed with the CBC, and ruled that Dr. Leenen had been libelled. Finally, the CBC tried to take the case to Canada’s highest court, the Supreme Court of Canada.
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CBC union wants more tax dollars
The union representing CBC workers says the broadcaster needs a 50% increase in funding on top of the $1.1 billion it already gets from taxpayers.
The corporation recently said it would cut about 650 positions across the country in response to losing the rights to Hockey Night in Canada, a major source of revenue.
The Conservative government also demanded the CBC cut $115 million from its budget by 2015.
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The corporation recently said it would cut about 650 positions across the country in response to losing the rights to Hockey Night in Canada, a major source of revenue.
The Conservative government also demanded the CBC cut $115 million from its budget by 2015.
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Today's world is news to the CBC
CBC competes with BBC, CNN and a global array of news and sports providers as I drive to the feed store.
Life is much better than the days of having to make an appointment with my television to watch a hockey game.
Like most people, I like getting news when it happens, not when a network decides to present it to me.
All of this change seems lost on Canada’s public broadcaster.
According to the CBC, we need a dialogue on the role of the nation’s public broadcaster. No, we don’t.
In today’s world, Canadians don’t need a public broadcaster that eats almost a billion dollars a year in tax revenue. All we need is an Internet connection.
But this is news to the CBC.
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Life is much better than the days of having to make an appointment with my television to watch a hockey game.
Like most people, I like getting news when it happens, not when a network decides to present it to me.
All of this change seems lost on Canada’s public broadcaster.
According to the CBC, we need a dialogue on the role of the nation’s public broadcaster. No, we don’t.
In today’s world, Canadians don’t need a public broadcaster that eats almost a billion dollars a year in tax revenue. All we need is an Internet connection.
But this is news to the CBC.
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$2 million lawsuit filed against CBC
A former mayoral candidate is suing CBC North over a news story, claiming it “has cast him in a negative light” and demanding more than $2 million in damages.
Mandeep Sidhu filed a lawsuit last week over a CBC News online article from June 2013 that reported on his acquittal of making death threats against an RCMP officer.
Despite changes to the story made after he complained to the CBC ombudsman, Sidhu told the Star today it continues to harm his “public image and reputation.”
“It’s sad to see a story written like that,” said the 28-year-old.
“I put myself in the public sphere, and then you set this up as a person who yells homophobic slurs ... and starts being very confrontational with RCMP officers, which is not true.”
Sidhu was referring to the initial online story, posted June 2, which was later edited down and avoided reference to specific derogatory remarks.
The article that remains online is “still incorrect,” the lawsuit alleges.
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Mandeep Sidhu filed a lawsuit last week over a CBC News online article from June 2013 that reported on his acquittal of making death threats against an RCMP officer.
Despite changes to the story made after he complained to the CBC ombudsman, Sidhu told the Star today it continues to harm his “public image and reputation.”
“It’s sad to see a story written like that,” said the 28-year-old.
“I put myself in the public sphere, and then you set this up as a person who yells homophobic slurs ... and starts being very confrontational with RCMP officers, which is not true.”
Sidhu was referring to the initial online story, posted June 2, which was later edited down and avoided reference to specific derogatory remarks.
The article that remains online is “still incorrect,” the lawsuit alleges.
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$100,000 Legal Attack by CBC Charlottetown
The “legal fatigue” strategy in litigation is prevalent throughout our Courts, it pits deep pockets against victims, denying Justice to any poor. Any individual is poor when a Crown Corporation like CBC PEI is the lead financier of a legal fatigue strategy against the courts and the idea of Justice. Hidden behind ‘civil rights’ lawyer Alan Parrish of Halifax acting against a PEI man, CBC PEI has spent over one hundred thousand dollars, there is no end in sight.
Curiously the name Canadian Broadcasting Corporation does not appear on any documents although CBC is paying the entire bill. The strategy to contest every step of the legal process and make application for Judicial Review before a tribunal or evidence is even heard is shockingly inappropriate in the circumstances where the public is paying the bill.
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Curiously the name Canadian Broadcasting Corporation does not appear on any documents although CBC is paying the entire bill. The strategy to contest every step of the legal process and make application for Judicial Review before a tribunal or evidence is even heard is shockingly inappropriate in the circumstances where the public is paying the bill.
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Politicians fuming as CBC fights back
Canadian media has its salary fight dominating local headlines as conservative senators in Ottawa attempt to lift the lid on how much Peter Mansbridge, the chief news anchor at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., a public broadcaster, gets paid, including perks and bonuses.
The politicians were left fuming when CBC president Hubert Lacroix met with them earlier this week on Parliament Hill and disclosed Mansbridge has the same base salary as a senior producer at the network: $80,485.
That quickly had newspaper columnists citing Lacroix for insulting taxpayers as he refused to come clean on what the actual total pay for Mansbridge and other top anchors at the public broadcaster is.
The growing food fight between conservative senators and the CBC over top-talent pay comes as the public broadcaster faces job and programming cuts while trimming $130 million from its operating budget.
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The politicians were left fuming when CBC president Hubert Lacroix met with them earlier this week on Parliament Hill and disclosed Mansbridge has the same base salary as a senior producer at the network: $80,485.
That quickly had newspaper columnists citing Lacroix for insulting taxpayers as he refused to come clean on what the actual total pay for Mansbridge and other top anchors at the public broadcaster is.
The growing food fight between conservative senators and the CBC over top-talent pay comes as the public broadcaster faces job and programming cuts while trimming $130 million from its operating budget.
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Conflicting news on Peter Mansbridge salary
“CBC/Radio-Canada currently has approximately 730 employees who earn more than $100,000 per year,” according to documents tabled in Parliament by Heritage Minister James Moore Monday. “Their names and precise salaries are protected as per the Federal Privacy Act and Access to Information Act.
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In a related story CBC says Peter Mansbridge makes just $80,000!
Read that story here.
Just what gives with Peter Mansbridge's salary? Can't the CBC get the facts straight? Wouldn't the face of CBC make the $100,000 list? This is a bit of news many Canadians would like to hear ... after all it is taxpayer money!
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In a related story CBC says Peter Mansbridge makes just $80,000!
Read that story here.
Just what gives with Peter Mansbridge's salary? Can't the CBC get the facts straight? Wouldn't the face of CBC make the $100,000 list? This is a bit of news many Canadians would like to hear ... after all it is taxpayer money!
CBC prepares for more cuts
Be prepared for more cuts at the CBC, says the head of the public broadcaster’s English-language services.
“Are there more cuts to come? Absolutely. We have to deal with a really significant challenge in front of us. That means there will be more cuts and a smaller CBC,” says Heather Conway in an interview with the Star.
The new boss of English services has been on the job for barely six months, but she has already been thrust into one of the most turbulent periods at the broadcaster, with the recent loss of hockey rights to Rogers and a significant downsizing in the workforce.
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“Are there more cuts to come? Absolutely. We have to deal with a really significant challenge in front of us. That means there will be more cuts and a smaller CBC,” says Heather Conway in an interview with the Star.
The new boss of English services has been on the job for barely six months, but she has already been thrust into one of the most turbulent periods at the broadcaster, with the recent loss of hockey rights to Rogers and a significant downsizing in the workforce.
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