CBC’s CEO, who lives in New York and gets paid over $500,000 per year by Canadian taxpayers, is reportedly set to be replaced.
The Liberal-sycophant has been at the helm of the state-broadcaster, given $1,300,000,000 taxpayer dollars per year ($1.3 billion), since 2018.
An anonymous government official reportedly informed the CBC itself of the pending changes.
The announcement from Liberal Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is expected in late October or early November, with plans for a new mandate to help CBC adapt to the changing media landscape in response to its declining audience and financial struggles.
It’s unclear whether the announcement will include more funding than it currently receives or less, something that the federal Conservatives will surely be interested in, given leader Pierre Poilievre’s repeated promise to defund the CBC.
One of the expected changes is reportedly a plan to provide more local news, something that would require more funding. Another expected change is trying to repair it’s horribly damaged reputation that the CBC has acquired in recent years, with an intention to “rebuild trust.”
A whopping 40% of all respondents in a recent poll agreed that “Journalism provided by the CBC is propaganda on behalf of the federal government.” 45% of Canadians expressed a desire to completely shut down the CBC to save money.
Tait says CBC needed to fight vaccine misinformation
In an opinion piece by Tait published by the Toronto Star earlier this week, she said the CBC is needed to fight misinformation, specifically vaccine misinformation.
Tait claimed that vaccine misinformation led to 2,800 deaths in Canada. “This is why you need the CBC,” she said.
Of course, some experts believe the COVID vaccines killed hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. For example, Dr. Peter McCullough believes that CDC data indicates the jabs killed over 500,000 Americans alone.
Earlier this year, the CBC came under scrutiny after it was revealed that the public broadcaster paid out $18.4 million in bonuses during the 2023-24 fiscal year, even as it eliminated hundreds of jobs.
