CBC honcho grilled over dismal access to information record
Monday, March 28th, 2011By Brian Lilley, Parliamentary Bureau OTTAWA – CBC’s top executive was grilled by MPs Monday over his organization’s dismal record and failing grade for handling of access to information requests. Two weeks ago the state broadcaster was handed an F in a special report on the access system by federal information commissioner Suzanne Legault. CBC [...]
CBC claims openness, practices secrecy
Monday, February 28th, 2011By Brian Lilley, Parliamentary Bureau OTTAWA – CBC’s policy of openness doesn’t extend to letting the public in on its decision to proclaim they are a transparent group in compliance with the law. Last fall, the state broadcaster responded to a series of QMI Agency articles detailing their problems with the access to information system [...]
Moore says ‘wait for budget’ on CBC funding
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011Heritage Minister James Moore refused to give details about CBC’s funding allocation for coming years when he appeared before the Commons heritage committee on Wednesday. CBC president Hubert Lacroix spoke to the committee last week about the difficulty in planning when $60 million of the public broadcaster’s annual budget is up for review every year. [...]
Heritage minister rips CBC for failing to disclose docs
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011By Althia Raj, Parliamentary Bureau OTTAWA — CBC should abide by the law and disclose expense reports QMI Agency and others have requested, the heritage minister says. “This is taxpayer’s money. And as a Crown corporation, the CBC is accountable to Parliament and, yes, especially, to taxpayers,” James Moore told MPs on the Commons’ heritage [...]
CBC promises access, fails to deliver
Monday, February 7th, 2011By Brian Lilley OTTAWA – CBC’s public promise to be open and transparent is being called into question due to the actions of the state broadcaster. In December, CBC president Hubert Lacroix appeared before the Commons heritage committee where he was asked about the broadcaster’s ongoing battle with information commissioner and the Money Drain series [...]
Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
Monday, January 31st, 2011Extract from article – Ouimet still hasn’t responded to Commons committee request – The Hill Times Online By Kristen Shane ….While this committee’s priority upon return is continuing its study on opening up government datasets to the public online, it has two other significant issues coming down the pipe: a five-year legislative review of the [...]
Under pressure, CBC on defensive
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Brian Lilley, QMI Agency OTTAWA — CBC’s decision to spend more than $51,000 on newspaper ads in November to promote its openness and transparency appears to have been prompted by a series of QMI Agency stories highlighting the state broadcaster’s reluctance to open up. On Nov. 25, CBC took out ads in several newspapers touting [...]
CBC ran ads, released info under pressure
Thursday, January 6th, 2011By Brian Lilley, Parliamentary Bureau January 6, 2011 OTTAWA – CBC’s decision to spend more than $51,000 on newspaper ads in November to promote its openness and transparency appears to have been prompted by a series of QMI Agency stories highlighting the state broadcaster’s reluctance to open up. On Nov. 25, CBC took out ads [...]
Digging for dirt on the CBC
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010Michel Drapeau has asked for information from the CBC that its top brass says no one deserves to know. Are they right? Full article can be found here: http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/20/digging-for-dirt-on-the-cbc/
CBC openness falls flat
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010By Brian Lilley, Parliamentary Bureau Last Updated: December 17, 2010 3:41pm OTTAWA – The CBC’s offer to be open and transparent apparently only goes so far. A request to the state broadcaster to release information related to their open letter promoting transparency at the CBC has been met with a request for search fees. On [...]
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