100,000 reasons to mute latest Conservative attack on CBC
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012By Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun February 6, 2012 Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/reasons+mute+latest+Conservative+attack/6106986/story.html#ixzz1lqWDG7hq Heritage Minister James Moore releases the earthshaking discovery that of the people who toil at the CBC, 730 earn $100,000 a year or more! Can you believe it? Eighty-seven per cent of CBC employees do not – let me repeat, DO NOT – fall [...]
Cuts ahead for CBC, arts, Moore says
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011CBC/Radio-Canada is expected to face a cut of at least five per cent in its parliamentary allocation in the next budget, Heritage Minister James Moore says In his first major interview since the Conservative majority government was elected, Moore ruled out privatizing the public broadcaster, but said all government spending, except for health care and [...]
CBC funding secure, heritage minister says
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011Conservative Heritage Minister James Moore says his government believes in the CBC as a key cultural institution and has no plans to cut its funding following his party’s recent electoral victory. “We believe in the national public broadcaster. We have said that we will maintain or increase support for the CBC. That is our platform [...]
Government of Canada renews investment in CBC/Radio-Canada
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011OTTAWA, March 22 OTTAWA, March 22 /CNW/ – CBC/Radio-Canada is pleased to see that in the 2011-2012 Federal Budget tabled today, the Government of Canada announced that the investment of $60 million in funding that CBC/Radio-Canada been receiving since 2001 for Canadian programming initiatives has been renewed for another year. “This is great news for Canadians [...]
Look to budget for government policy on CBC funding, Moore says
Thursday, February 17th, 2011By Karen Fournier OTTAWA—The Conservative government will make its policy clear on multi-year funding for the CBC in the upcoming federal budget, Heritage Minister James Moore told the House heritage committee Wednesday. “I understand the concern, I understand the needs, I understand the request and … You’ll see the politics and the policy of the [...]
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 five-year-plan includes new radio stations
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011By Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – The CBC promises to open new local stations and expand regional programming, triggering an uneasy feeling of deja vu. But President Hubert Lacroix says it’s different this time. The public broadcaster’s strategic plan, released Tuesday, speaks at length about renewed interest in connecting with Canadians where they [...]
Critic skeptical of CBC’s “transparency and accountability” – The Vancouver Sun
Sunday, November 28th, 2010Critic skeptical as CBC touts ‘transparency and accountability’ By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News A leading access-to-information advocate offered mild applause but mainly voiced skepticism after the CBC launched a public relations offensive on Thursday proclaiming its own “transparency and accountability.” The CBC’s creation of a new web portal for access documents and its attendant PR [...]
CBC cuts hit news, drama, sports, radio
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 4:52 PM ET Comments475Recommended224 CBC News from cbc.ca CBC English Services plans to cut up to 80 positions from its news division and a further 313 from sports, entertainment, current affairs, sales and support across the country as part of its efforts to make up a $171-million shortfall [...]
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