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Following the recent announcement of significant job cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada, the senior executive team, including President and CEO Catherine Tait, issued a statement on Friday, addressing concerns about executive bonuses and overall compensation.
In the statement, the team acknowledged the public’s concerns and questions regarding senior executive compensation, especially in light of the announced job reductions. They emphasized that “all possible measures are being considered in the context of managing our financial pressures in the months ahead, including senior executive compensation.”
The executives expressed their commitment to minimizing the impact of these cuts on CBC/Radio-Canada’s programs, services, and workforce. The press release was signed off by president and CEO Catherine Tait and more:
- Catherine Tait, President and CEO
- Miguel Baz, Vice-President, Legal Services, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
- Daniel Boudreau, Executive Vice-President, Technology & Infrastructure
- Marco Dubé, Chief Transformation Officer and Executive Vice-President, People & Culture
- Claude Galipeau, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development
- Dany Meloul, Interim Executive Vice-President, Radio-Canada
- Carol Najm, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
- Barbara Williams, Executive Vice-President, CBC
This comes in the wake of CBC/Radio-Canada’s announcement of a 10% workforce reduction and uncertainty around executive bonuses. Members of Parliament called on CBC head Tait to testify over the issue. The House of Commons heritage committee unanimously agreed on December 7 to have Tait address the public broadcaster’s job cuts and the potential for executive bonuses.
CBC CEO Catherine Tait’s annual compensation is between $472,900 & $623,900.
Compensation includes salary, bonus and other benefits.
Will Tait take a cut and give up her bonus? pic.twitter.com/fByNnbSXTL
— Franco Terrazzano (@franco_nomics) December 5, 2023
The committee has scheduled Tait to appear at its first meeting following the holiday recess in the new year, though a specific date is yet to be determined. The MPs also agreed to report to the House that, considering the job cuts, it would be inappropriate for CBC to grant bonuses to its executive members.
Of course, after being summoned, today’s press release is trying to put out the fire set that started from this interview Tait had with CBC reporter Adrienne Arsenault, about $16 million in executive bonuses paid in 2022. Tait wouldn’t comment on bonuses for 2023 being paid out or not, despite the recent job cuts:
Adrienne Arsenault almost made CBC CEO Catherine Tait swallow her tongue with her brilliant question about Christmas bonuses. pic.twitter.com/IclspMPLri
— Matt (@Constantinoplis) December 5, 2023
This development comes as CBC and Radio-Canada grapple with a $125-million shortfall, leading to the planned elimination of 600 jobs and leaving 200 vacancies unfilled over the next year.
While the public broadcaster operates independently, meaning MPs cannot dictate how CBC and its French-language service allocate their funds, the committee’s summoning of Tait underscores the heightened scrutiny and concern over the broadcaster’s financial management and decision-making.
CBC/Radio-Canada received $1.27 billion in government funding in its fiscal 2023, up from $1.24 billion in 2022.
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The executives are obviously not competent, but thank God, they are “diverse”.
Good for you CBC, that achievement in itself deserves a multi-million dollar bonus.
Signed: the 4% of Canadians still watching CBC garbage.
4% – I didn’t think the CBC’s execs family was that large – seriously, does anyone still watch the CBC?.
How does this even happen, a public broadcaster cuts ten percent of their staff, the finance minister of the country declares the country cannot meet its budget, buyers cannot afford homes while those who have them are terrified when their mortgage term has to be renewed due to high interest rates and the CBC executive board feel the need to reward themselves above and beyond their already too high renumeration and perks.
We get the government we deserve.
Nothing anyone does at CBC is worth that, certainly not her.
A complete slap in the face to Canadians to so arrogantly take our taxes, spend them to produce, at best, second rate propaganda and then pay such obscenely unjustified compensation to a group of incompetent monkeys.