the CBC and Radio-Canada employ around 7,600 people – about 3,000 on each side, with the remainder in technology, infrastructure, and corporate services...
about $93-million of the expected cuts are a result of higher production costs, competition from big tech companies, and a reduction in revenues from traditional television. Another $21-million stem from the expiration of certain public funding received annually since 2021. The remaining $11-million in reductions are from the “3.3-per-cent cuts requested from all federal agencies and ministries,” Ms. Tait added, an apparent reference to the March federal budget...
n addition to the layoffs, the public broadcaster said in its release that it would cut $40-million in “independent production commissions and program acquisitions” from next year’s English and French programming budgets, resulting in fewer new series and fewer episodes of existing shows...
Ms. Tait said during the staff meeting that the CBC would bear the brunt of the programming cuts, at $25-million, while Radio-Canada would lose $15-million...
During QP, Mr. Therrien [BQ] asked Ms. St-Onge when she had learned about the coming layoffs, and whether Ms. Tait’s mandate, which was extended for 18 months in the spring, was prolonged so that she could oversee the cuts.
Ms. St-Onge did not answer Mr. Therrien’s questions. She said the government needs “to do more to support the news and our public broadcaster”...
In May, Pablo Rodriguez, who was heritage minister at the time, said he was looking for ways the federal government could boost funding to the CBC. His mandate letter from the Prime Minister says the goal of providing more public funding to the CBC and Radio-Canada is to eliminate advertising during news and other public-affairs shows...
Last week, the federal government and Google announced they had reached a deal, after months of fraught negotiations over the Online News Act. The tech giant has agreed to pay $100-million a year to Canadian news organizations.
Critics of the act, including Conservatives and members of the news industry, have warned that the CBC stands to gain the lion’s share of the fund, if the money is distributed based on the number of full-time journalists employed by each news organization. theglobeandmail ...read more
![the CBC and Radio-Canada employ around 7,600 people – about 3,000 on each side, with the remainder in technology, infrastructure, and corporate services... about $93-million of the expected cuts are a result of higher production costs, competition from big tech companies, and a reduction in revenues from traditional television. Another $21-million stem from the expiration of certain public funding received annually since 2021. The remaining $11-million in reductions are from the “3.3-per-cent cuts requested from all federal agencies and ministries,” Ms. Tait added, an apparent reference to the March federal budget... n addition to the layoffs, the public broadcaster said in its release that it would cut $40-million in “independent production commissions and program acquisitions” from next year’s English and French programming budgets, resulting in fewer new series and fewer episodes of existing shows... Ms. Tait said during the staff meeting that the CBC would bear the brunt of the programming cuts, at $25-million, while Radio-Canada would lose $15-million... During QP, Mr. Therrien [BQ] asked Ms. St-Onge when she had learned about the coming layoffs, and whether Ms. Tait’s mandate, which was extended for 18 months in the spring, was prolonged so that she could oversee the cuts. Ms. St-Onge did not answer Mr. Therrien’s questions. She said the government needs “to do more to support the news and our public broadcaster”... In May, Pablo Rodriguez, who was heritage minister at the time, said he was looking for ways the federal government could boost funding to the CBC. His mandate letter from the Prime Minister says the goal of providing more public funding to the CBC and Radio-Canada is to eliminate advertising during news and other public-affairs shows... Last week, the federal government and Google announced they had reached a deal, after months of fraught negotiations over the Online News Act. The tech giant has agreed to pay $100-million a year to Canadian news organizations. Critics of the act, including Conservatives and members of the news industry, have warned that the CBC stands to gain the lion’s share of the fund, if the money is distributed based on the number of full-time journalists employed by each news organization. https://theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-cbc-layoffs-jobs-cut/](https://decibull.one/users/10/photo/10_17017969750.jpg)