Canada’s public broadcaster is feeling the heat after its president declined to rule out the possibility of holiday bonuses this year, hours after announcing massive layoffs.
Catherine Tait appeared on Dec. 4 on the CBC News flagship show, “The National,” and was asked whether executives would be getting rewarded this year despite the cuts.
“I’m going to presume no bonuses this year,” said host Adrienne Arsenault. “Can we establish that’s not happening this year?”
Ms. Tait responded: “It’s too early to say where we are for this year. We’ll be looking at that, like we do all our line items in the coming months.”
Her comments came after CBC and Radio-Canada said on Dec. 4 that 600 jobs will be cut, and 200 vacancies won’t be replaced over the next year.
The broadcaster said the move to reduce English and French programming budgets would result in fewer renewals and acquisitions, new television series, episodes of existing shows and digital original series.
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