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CBC chief says broadcaster isn't making specific plans for loss of public subsidy

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Catherine Tait says payout of bonuses will have little real effect on broadcaster’s financial woes

Christian Paas-Lang · CBC News · Posted: May 18, 2024 3:00 AM CDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

EXCERPT: "The head of the CBC says that while the public broadcaster must prepare for "all possible outcomes," it doesn't have a specific plan in the works for the possibility of a future Conservative government cancelling all or part of the Crown corporation's public subsidy.

In an interview that airs Saturday on CBC Radio's The House, CBC president and CEO Catherine Tait said she has been working on efforts to transform CBC/Radio-Canada into a more efficient and valuable service — but the specific prospect of defunding is not a focus of those efforts.

"Of course we worry about the possibility, but I don't think that … spending a whole lot of time trying to guess what that will look like is really going to be effective over the next months. Our job is to convince Canadians of our value," she told host Catherine Cullen.

"Are we planning for that outcome? No," Tait said, when asked about the possible termination of the $1.3-billion subsidy the company receives yearly from the federal government. . . . "

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