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CBC paid over $18M in bonuses in 2024 after it eliminated hundreds of jobs
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Aug 12, 2024 • Last updated 13 hours ago • 2 minute read
OTTAWA — The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. paid $18.4 million in bonuses this year after hundreds of jobs at the public broadcaster were eliminated.
Documents obtained through access to information laws show CBC/Radio-Canada paid out bonuses to 1,194 employees for the 2023-24 fiscal year.
More than $3.3 million of that was paid to 45 executives.
That means those executives got an average bonus of over $73,000, which is more than the median family income after taxes in 2022, according to Statistics Canada.
More than $10.4 million was paid out to 631 managers and over $4.6 million was paid to 518 other employees.
The Conservatives said bonuses are “beyond insulting and frankly sickening,” adding they come at a time when many Canadians are starving and facing homelessness.
The board approved the bonuses in June, but it had been refusing to disclose how much was paid out.
Members of Parliament have been asking for the figure since last December, when CBC announced it would be laying off employees to help balance its budget.
Ultimately 141 employees were laid off and 205 vacant positions were eliminated at CBC/Radio-Canada.
CBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The public broadcaster has said the money is performance pay and counts toward some employees’ total compensation, as stipulated by contracts that promise payouts when certain company goals are met.
In May, CEO Catherine Tait said it brings her “great frustration” that MPs refer to the payouts as a “bonus.”
“A bonus, in my mind, is something that is given out on a discretionary basis,” she said at House of Commons heritage committee meeting. “Performance pay is a part of the total compensation of an individual that is contracted or agreed upon at the beginning of their employment.”
Nonetheless, its board acknowledged the negative optics of giving out bonuses during the same fiscal year that it made cuts, and has since launched a review of its compensation regime for future years.
Tait was called twice to the heritage committee in the last year to answer for cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada, and was interrogated by MPs over whether she would accept a bonus for the fiscal year that ended March 31.
It remains unclear if Tait is among those who received a bonus.
It’s up to the Liberal government, not the board of directors, to approve any bonus for the CEO, unlike other CBC employees. The Canadian Press has asked Canadian Heritage for comment on that.
“It is the height of smugness to see the CBC has awarded itself $18 million in bonuses with the $1.4 billion a year they receive from taxpayers to act as the mouthpiece for the Liberal party,” Conservative MP and Opposition Heritage critic Rachael Thomas said in a statement on Monday.
Thomas said CBC is “not worth the cost” while repeating the Conservative promise to defund the public broadcaster, and pledging to “turn the CBC headquarters into beautiful homes for Canadian families.”
The CBC’s editorial independence from government is enshrined in law.
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Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Published Aug 12, 2024 • Last updated 13 hours ago • 2 minute read
OTTAWA — The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. paid $18.4 million in bonuses this year after hundreds of jobs at the public broadcaster were eliminated.
Documents obtained through access to information laws show CBC/Radio-Canada paid out bonuses to 1,194 employees for the 2023-24 fiscal year.
More than $3.3 million of that was paid to 45 executives.
That means those executives got an average bonus of over $73,000, which is more than the median family income after taxes in 2022, according to Statistics Canada.
More than $10.4 million was paid out to 631 managers and over $4.6 million was paid to 518 other employees.
The Conservatives said bonuses are “beyond insulting and frankly sickening,” adding they come at a time when many Canadians are starving and facing homelessness.
The board approved the bonuses in June, but it had been refusing to disclose how much was paid out.
Members of Parliament have been asking for the figure since last December, when CBC announced it would be laying off employees to help balance its budget.
Ultimately 141 employees were laid off and 205 vacant positions were eliminated at CBC/Radio-Canada.
CBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The public broadcaster has said the money is performance pay and counts toward some employees’ total compensation, as stipulated by contracts that promise payouts when certain company goals are met.
In May, CEO Catherine Tait said it brings her “great frustration” that MPs refer to the payouts as a “bonus.”
“A bonus, in my mind, is something that is given out on a discretionary basis,” she said at House of Commons heritage committee meeting. “Performance pay is a part of the total compensation of an individual that is contracted or agreed upon at the beginning of their employment.”
Nonetheless, its board acknowledged the negative optics of giving out bonuses during the same fiscal year that it made cuts, and has since launched a review of its compensation regime for future years.
Tait was called twice to the heritage committee in the last year to answer for cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada, and was interrogated by MPs over whether she would accept a bonus for the fiscal year that ended March 31.
It remains unclear if Tait is among those who received a bonus.
It’s up to the Liberal government, not the board of directors, to approve any bonus for the CEO, unlike other CBC employees. The Canadian Press has asked Canadian Heritage for comment on that.
“It is the height of smugness to see the CBC has awarded itself $18 million in bonuses with the $1.4 billion a year they receive from taxpayers to act as the mouthpiece for the Liberal party,” Conservative MP and Opposition Heritage critic Rachael Thomas said in a statement on Monday.
Thomas said CBC is “not worth the cost” while repeating the Conservative promise to defund the public broadcaster, and pledging to “turn the CBC headquarters into beautiful homes for Canadian families.”
The CBC’s editorial independence from government is enshrined in law.
CBC paid over $18M in bonuses in 2024 after it eliminated hundreds of jobs
More than $3.3 million of that was paid to 45 executives.
CBC bonuses obscene given state of the state broadcaster
More than $18.4 million in bonuses for executives at a failing CBC that's cutting hundreds of jobs.
Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Aug 13, 2024 • Last updated 14 hours ago • 3 minute read
The bonus pay for CBC's top executives exceeds what the average Canadian earns in a year.
The average working Canadian goes to work five days a week, puts in an honest day’s work and brings home roughly $65,000 per year. For CBC’s executive suite, they would consider that a bad bonus.
We’ve known for months now that close to 1,200 of CBC’s top management employees were going to be getting bonuses, the only question was how much. Now that the numbers are out, it is truly obscene given the state of the state broadcaster.
For the last fiscal year, which ended in March, CBC split $18.4 million between 1,194 employees. That’s a 23% increase over the $14.9 million on bonuses handed out the previous year.
The most recently awarded bonuses work out to an average $15,410, which is nice work if you can get it.
At CBC though — despite, or perhaps because of, their socialist political leanings — not all executive bonuses are considered equal.
Just 45 executives split $3.3 million of that pot, meaning an average bonus among the elites at CBC works out to $73,333. That average bonus works out to more than what an average Canadian earns, according to Statistics Canada.
And for what?
What did these executives at this failing broadcaster do to earn that bonus?
Is CBC running a network that everyone is watching and talking about? Hardly, a year ago it was reported that CBC’s English language television audience was just 4.4% of the prime time viewing audience, down from 7.6% five years earlier.
CBC simply isn’t offering the programming people want to watch. Sure, they will point to lots of people tuning into the Olympics these past few weeks, but that was part of a consortium with Rogers and Bell and quite frankly, a good fortnight every four years isn’t much to brag about.
Are people texting each other, setting up Facebook groups, or chatting at the water cooler about Family Feud Canadian Edition with Gerry Dees? Not a chance.
Their flagship news program, the most expensive in the country, is the third horse in a three-horse race. They have trailed CTV and Global national newscasts for years and continue to do so.
Their local TV newscasts, where they haven’t been abandoned altogether, are largely irrelevant.
So, what are these executives getting big bonuses for, then?
“For the record, CBC/Radio-Canada does not award so-called bonuses,” CBC CEO Catherine Tait told a Commons committee in March.
“What we have, like every other Crown corporation, is at-risk or performance pay, which is a key part of the total compensation for our non-union staff.”
It doesn’t appear that anyone’s pay is at risk if bonuses are going up by 23%, while CBC’s ratings and relevance are going down.
Did I mention that these bonuses were paid out in a fiscal year when CBC announced hundreds of positions were being eliminated? Did I mention that CBC went to the government demanding more money to be able to keep the lights on in the last fiscal year?
Seems like they have plenty of money for their priorities, like bonuses, or sorry, performance pay.
If CBC were a private company, their awarding of bonus pay would be none of our business, but they aren’t a private company. They work for us, they report to the government, and at a time when they are failing to deliver on their Parliamentary mandate and are crying poor while eliminating positions, these bonuses become obscene.
Tait is doing as much to advance the cause of defunding CBC as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is. Her tenure is even worse than that of Hubert Lacroix and under his watch, CBC’s French division paid for a porn series to be streamed online.
These bonuses should be done away with as quickly as CBC itself, and Tait should be shown the door pronto.
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More than $18.4 million in bonuses for executives at a failing CBC that's cutting hundreds of jobs.
Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Aug 13, 2024 • Last updated 14 hours ago • 3 minute read
The bonus pay for CBC's top executives exceeds what the average Canadian earns in a year.
The average working Canadian goes to work five days a week, puts in an honest day’s work and brings home roughly $65,000 per year. For CBC’s executive suite, they would consider that a bad bonus.
We’ve known for months now that close to 1,200 of CBC’s top management employees were going to be getting bonuses, the only question was how much. Now that the numbers are out, it is truly obscene given the state of the state broadcaster.
For the last fiscal year, which ended in March, CBC split $18.4 million between 1,194 employees. That’s a 23% increase over the $14.9 million on bonuses handed out the previous year.
The most recently awarded bonuses work out to an average $15,410, which is nice work if you can get it.
At CBC though — despite, or perhaps because of, their socialist political leanings — not all executive bonuses are considered equal.
Just 45 executives split $3.3 million of that pot, meaning an average bonus among the elites at CBC works out to $73,333. That average bonus works out to more than what an average Canadian earns, according to Statistics Canada.
And for what?
What did these executives at this failing broadcaster do to earn that bonus?
Is CBC running a network that everyone is watching and talking about? Hardly, a year ago it was reported that CBC’s English language television audience was just 4.4% of the prime time viewing audience, down from 7.6% five years earlier.
CBC simply isn’t offering the programming people want to watch. Sure, they will point to lots of people tuning into the Olympics these past few weeks, but that was part of a consortium with Rogers and Bell and quite frankly, a good fortnight every four years isn’t much to brag about.
Are people texting each other, setting up Facebook groups, or chatting at the water cooler about Family Feud Canadian Edition with Gerry Dees? Not a chance.
Their flagship news program, the most expensive in the country, is the third horse in a three-horse race. They have trailed CTV and Global national newscasts for years and continue to do so.
Their local TV newscasts, where they haven’t been abandoned altogether, are largely irrelevant.
So, what are these executives getting big bonuses for, then?
“For the record, CBC/Radio-Canada does not award so-called bonuses,” CBC CEO Catherine Tait told a Commons committee in March.
“What we have, like every other Crown corporation, is at-risk or performance pay, which is a key part of the total compensation for our non-union staff.”
It doesn’t appear that anyone’s pay is at risk if bonuses are going up by 23%, while CBC’s ratings and relevance are going down.
Did I mention that these bonuses were paid out in a fiscal year when CBC announced hundreds of positions were being eliminated? Did I mention that CBC went to the government demanding more money to be able to keep the lights on in the last fiscal year?
Seems like they have plenty of money for their priorities, like bonuses, or sorry, performance pay.
If CBC were a private company, their awarding of bonus pay would be none of our business, but they aren’t a private company. They work for us, they report to the government, and at a time when they are failing to deliver on their Parliamentary mandate and are crying poor while eliminating positions, these bonuses become obscene.
Tait is doing as much to advance the cause of defunding CBC as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is. Her tenure is even worse than that of Hubert Lacroix and under his watch, CBC’s French division paid for a porn series to be streamed online.
These bonuses should be done away with as quickly as CBC itself, and Tait should be shown the door pronto.
Globe editorial: CBC English TV has lost its relevance. It’s time to talk about that
Barely one in 25 Canadians watches the CBC’s prime-time shows during the week. And that’s not the only problem
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LILLEY: CBC bonuses obscene given state of the state broadcaster
The bonus pay for CBC's top executives exceeds what the average Canadian earns in a year.
Of course they are obscene they are liberals and entittledCBC bonuses obscene given state of the state broadcaster
More than $18.4 million in bonuses for executives at a failing CBC that's cutting hundreds of jobs.
Author of the article:Brian Lilley
Published Aug 13, 2024 • Last updated 14 hours ago • 3 minute read
The bonus pay for CBC's top executives exceeds what the average Canadian earns in a year.
The average working Canadian goes to work five days a week, puts in an honest day’s work and brings home roughly $65,000 per year. For CBC’s executive suite, they would consider that a bad bonus.
We’ve known for months now that close to 1,200 of CBC’s top management employees were going to be getting bonuses, the only question was how much. Now that the numbers are out, it is truly obscene given the state of the state broadcaster.
For the last fiscal year, which ended in March, CBC split $18.4 million between 1,194 employees. That’s a 23% increase over the $14.9 million on bonuses handed out the previous year.
The most recently awarded bonuses work out to an average $15,410, which is nice work if you can get it.
At CBC though — despite, or perhaps because of, their socialist political leanings — not all executive bonuses are considered equal.
Just 45 executives split $3.3 million of that pot, meaning an average bonus among the elites at CBC works out to $73,333. That average bonus works out to more than what an average Canadian earns, according to Statistics Canada.
And for what?
What did these executives at this failing broadcaster do to earn that bonus?
Is CBC running a network that everyone is watching and talking about? Hardly, a year ago it was reported that CBC’s English language television audience was just 4.4% of the prime time viewing audience, down from 7.6% five years earlier.
CBC simply isn’t offering the programming people want to watch. Sure, they will point to lots of people tuning into the Olympics these past few weeks, but that was part of a consortium with Rogers and Bell and quite frankly, a good fortnight every four years isn’t much to brag about.
Are people texting each other, setting up Facebook groups, or chatting at the water cooler about Family Feud Canadian Edition with Gerry Dees? Not a chance.
Their flagship news program, the most expensive in the country, is the third horse in a three-horse race. They have trailed CTV and Global national newscasts for years and continue to do so.
Their local TV newscasts, where they haven’t been abandoned altogether, are largely irrelevant.
So, what are these executives getting big bonuses for, then?
“For the record, CBC/Radio-Canada does not award so-called bonuses,” CBC CEO Catherine Tait told a Commons committee in March.
“What we have, like every other Crown corporation, is at-risk or performance pay, which is a key part of the total compensation for our non-union staff.”
It doesn’t appear that anyone’s pay is at risk if bonuses are going up by 23%, while CBC’s ratings and relevance are going down.
Did I mention that these bonuses were paid out in a fiscal year when CBC announced hundreds of positions were being eliminated? Did I mention that CBC went to the government demanding more money to be able to keep the lights on in the last fiscal year?
Seems like they have plenty of money for their priorities, like bonuses, or sorry, performance pay.
If CBC were a private company, their awarding of bonus pay would be none of our business, but they aren’t a private company. They work for us, they report to the government, and at a time when they are failing to deliver on their Parliamentary mandate and are crying poor while eliminating positions, these bonuses become obscene.
Tait is doing as much to advance the cause of defunding CBC as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is. Her tenure is even worse than that of Hubert Lacroix and under his watch, CBC’s French division paid for a porn series to be streamed online.
These bonuses should be done away with as quickly as CBC itself, and Tait should be shown the door pronto.
Globe editorial: CBC English TV has lost its relevance. It’s time to talk about that
Barely one in 25 Canadians watches the CBC’s prime-time shows during the week. And that’s not the only problemAverage usual hours and wages of employees by selected characteristics, unadjusted for seasonality
noneLILLEY: CBC bonuses obscene given state of the state broadcaster
The bonus pay for CBC's top executives exceeds what the average Canadian earns in a year.
CBC employees making six-figure salaries balloons since 2015: Tax watchdog
The 1,450 earning salaries above $100,000 is a more than 230% increase since 2015
Author of the article:Bryan Passifiume
Published Aug 14, 2024 • Last updated 15 hours ago • 2 minute read
The bonus pay for CBC's top executives exceeds what the average Canadian earns in a year.
The number of CBC employees who earn six-figure salaries spiked over the past decade, according to newly unearthed documents.
Records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) via an access to information request found that of the national broadcaster’s 7,477 employees, 1,450 earn annual salaries above $100,000 — a more than 230% increase since 2015.
“The CBC has been raking in big paycheques and bonuses while the taxpayers footing the bills have been struggling,” CTF federal director Franco Terrazzano said.
“Is anyone in government going to step in, stick up for taxpayers and put an end to the CBC gravy train?”
The number earning above $100,000 is up significantly from previous years.
During fiscal year 2015-16, the year the Trudeau Liberals took power, only 438 CBC employees were in the six-figure salary club.
That number increased modestly to 467 in 2016-17, seeing increasingly larger numbers as the years went on.
A February 2023 report in the National Post put the number of six-figure CBC employees at 949.
This news comes just days after it was revealed CBC paid bonuses to 1,194 employees during fiscal year 2023-24, with more than $3.3 million paid to 45 executives — an average of $73,000 per person, more than Canada’s median net income in 2022, according to Statistics Canada.
A report published earlier this year by Blacklock’s Reporter found that CBC/Radio-Canada president Catherine Tate — who earns $497,000 annually — ran up more than $119,000 in expenses between 2021 and 2023 — a time period where CBC leadership were appealing for more money due to pandemic-related shortfalls.
The issue of executive bonuses at Canada’s national broadcaster came to a head earlier this year, shortly after CBC announced the elimination of nearly 800 jobs in late 2023.
“For the record, CBC/Radio-Canada does not award so-called bonuses,” Tait told the House of Commons Heritage Committee in March.
“What we have, like every other Crown corporation, is at-risk or performance pay, which is a key part of the total compensation for our non-union staff.”
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The 1,450 earning salaries above $100,000 is a more than 230% increase since 2015
Author of the article:Bryan Passifiume
Published Aug 14, 2024 • Last updated 15 hours ago • 2 minute read
The bonus pay for CBC's top executives exceeds what the average Canadian earns in a year.
The number of CBC employees who earn six-figure salaries spiked over the past decade, according to newly unearthed documents.
Records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) via an access to information request found that of the national broadcaster’s 7,477 employees, 1,450 earn annual salaries above $100,000 — a more than 230% increase since 2015.
“The CBC has been raking in big paycheques and bonuses while the taxpayers footing the bills have been struggling,” CTF federal director Franco Terrazzano said.
“Is anyone in government going to step in, stick up for taxpayers and put an end to the CBC gravy train?”
The number earning above $100,000 is up significantly from previous years.
During fiscal year 2015-16, the year the Trudeau Liberals took power, only 438 CBC employees were in the six-figure salary club.
That number increased modestly to 467 in 2016-17, seeing increasingly larger numbers as the years went on.
A February 2023 report in the National Post put the number of six-figure CBC employees at 949.
This news comes just days after it was revealed CBC paid bonuses to 1,194 employees during fiscal year 2023-24, with more than $3.3 million paid to 45 executives — an average of $73,000 per person, more than Canada’s median net income in 2022, according to Statistics Canada.
A report published earlier this year by Blacklock’s Reporter found that CBC/Radio-Canada president Catherine Tate — who earns $497,000 annually — ran up more than $119,000 in expenses between 2021 and 2023 — a time period where CBC leadership were appealing for more money due to pandemic-related shortfalls.
The issue of executive bonuses at Canada’s national broadcaster came to a head earlier this year, shortly after CBC announced the elimination of nearly 800 jobs in late 2023.
“For the record, CBC/Radio-Canada does not award so-called bonuses,” Tait told the House of Commons Heritage Committee in March.
“What we have, like every other Crown corporation, is at-risk or performance pay, which is a key part of the total compensation for our non-union staff.”
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x.com/bryanpassifiume
CBC employees making six-figure salaries balloons since 2015: Tax watchdog
During fiscal year 2015-16, the year the Trudeau Liberals took power, only 438 CBC employees were in the six-figure salary club.
Liberals refuse to say if they approved bonus for CBC's top executive
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Mickey Djuric
Published Aug 14, 2024 • 3 minute read
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is refusing to say if it approved a bonus for the head of the CBC as Opposition Conservatives demand answers and New Democrats call for a ban on bonuses.
It is up to the federal government to approve a bonus for Catherine Tait following a review of her performance and recommendation by the board of directors at CBC/Radio-Canada.
CBC deferred questions to the federal government. Canadian Heritage, which oversees the Crown corporation, then deferred questions to the Privy Council Office, which supports cabinet and the prime minister.
Citing privacy laws, a spokesperson for the Privy Council Office said it cannot disclose details, even though some of that information from past years has been made public.
In May, Tait told the House heritage committee that she last received a bonus for the fiscal year 2021-22, and that she had not yet received performance pay for the fiscal year 2022-23, information that’s also available on the CBC website.
Tait’s salary range is between $468,900 and $551,600, with the government setting her bonus between 7% to 28% of her salary if she meets certain criteria.
Opposition Conservatives want Tait to return to the parliamentary hot seat and provide answers around bonuses.
The CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors recently approved over $18.4 million in bonuses for nearly 1,200 employees, managers and executives for the 2023-24 fiscal year after it eliminated hundreds of jobs.
The Privy Council Office wouldn’t say if the board had recommended a bonus for Tait, or if the federal government gave a stamp of approval.
“Clearly, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government are content to give CBC executives and their handpicked CEO huge multimillion-dollar taxpayer funded bonuses amid dwindling viewership and increasing irrelevancy so long as they remain good servants to their masters and continue to act as the propaganda arm of the Liberal party,” said Heritage critic Rachael Thomas in a statement on Wednesday.
CBC’s editorial independence from government is enshrined in law.
Twice in the last year Tait has been called twice to the heritage committee to answer for cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada, and was interrogated by MPs over whether she would accept a bonus for the fiscal year that ended March 31.
The New Democrats didn’t say if they want Tait to return to the Canadian Heritage committee, but accused Liberals of failing to protect jobs at the public broadcaster and “rein in the greed from CBC executives.”
They also swiped at the Conservatives, saying that while the Tories want to defund CBC, the NDP would improve it.
“Our public broadcaster provides an invaluable service to Canadians. They’re also accountable to Canadians,” said NDP heritage critic Niki Ashton in a statement.
“Therefore, it’s time to ban the CBC from paying executive bonuses and use that money to save local journalism.”
In June, the broadcaster’s board publicly acknowledged the negative optics of giving out bonuses during the same fiscal year that it made cuts, and has since launched a review of its compensation regime for future years.
Between December and March 31, when the last fiscal year ended, CBC/Radio-Canada eliminated 346 jobs from the organization by laying off 141 employees and eliminating 205 vacant positions.
Members of the committee unanimously concluded in a report to the House of Commons earlier this year that given the job cuts, it would be inappropriate for CBC to grant bonuses to executive members.
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Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Mickey Djuric
Published Aug 14, 2024 • 3 minute read
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is refusing to say if it approved a bonus for the head of the CBC as Opposition Conservatives demand answers and New Democrats call for a ban on bonuses.
It is up to the federal government to approve a bonus for Catherine Tait following a review of her performance and recommendation by the board of directors at CBC/Radio-Canada.
CBC deferred questions to the federal government. Canadian Heritage, which oversees the Crown corporation, then deferred questions to the Privy Council Office, which supports cabinet and the prime minister.
Citing privacy laws, a spokesperson for the Privy Council Office said it cannot disclose details, even though some of that information from past years has been made public.
In May, Tait told the House heritage committee that she last received a bonus for the fiscal year 2021-22, and that she had not yet received performance pay for the fiscal year 2022-23, information that’s also available on the CBC website.
Tait’s salary range is between $468,900 and $551,600, with the government setting her bonus between 7% to 28% of her salary if she meets certain criteria.
Opposition Conservatives want Tait to return to the parliamentary hot seat and provide answers around bonuses.
The CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors recently approved over $18.4 million in bonuses for nearly 1,200 employees, managers and executives for the 2023-24 fiscal year after it eliminated hundreds of jobs.
The Privy Council Office wouldn’t say if the board had recommended a bonus for Tait, or if the federal government gave a stamp of approval.
“Clearly, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government are content to give CBC executives and their handpicked CEO huge multimillion-dollar taxpayer funded bonuses amid dwindling viewership and increasing irrelevancy so long as they remain good servants to their masters and continue to act as the propaganda arm of the Liberal party,” said Heritage critic Rachael Thomas in a statement on Wednesday.
CBC’s editorial independence from government is enshrined in law.
Twice in the last year Tait has been called twice to the heritage committee to answer for cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada, and was interrogated by MPs over whether she would accept a bonus for the fiscal year that ended March 31.
The New Democrats didn’t say if they want Tait to return to the Canadian Heritage committee, but accused Liberals of failing to protect jobs at the public broadcaster and “rein in the greed from CBC executives.”
They also swiped at the Conservatives, saying that while the Tories want to defund CBC, the NDP would improve it.
“Our public broadcaster provides an invaluable service to Canadians. They’re also accountable to Canadians,” said NDP heritage critic Niki Ashton in a statement.
“Therefore, it’s time to ban the CBC from paying executive bonuses and use that money to save local journalism.”
In June, the broadcaster’s board publicly acknowledged the negative optics of giving out bonuses during the same fiscal year that it made cuts, and has since launched a review of its compensation regime for future years.
Between December and March 31, when the last fiscal year ended, CBC/Radio-Canada eliminated 346 jobs from the organization by laying off 141 employees and eliminating 205 vacant positions.
Members of the committee unanimously concluded in a report to the House of Commons earlier this year that given the job cuts, it would be inappropriate for CBC to grant bonuses to executive members.
Liberals refuse to say if they approved bonus for CBC's top executive
The Liberal government is refusing to say if it approved a bonus for the head of the CBC as Opposition Conservatives demand answers.
Huh…imagine if just half of the annual CBC budget was redistributed towards our Canadian Military?
This year’s CBC bonuses come on the heels of the CBC crying poor and begging the feds for more taxpayer cash. Tait told a parliamentary committee the CBC is plagued by “chronic underfunding,” despite taking $1.4 billion from taxpayers this year.
In 2015, the CBC rubber-stamped $8 million in bonuses. This year, the CBC is handing out $18 million in bonuses. That means the cost of the CBC’s taxpayer-funded bonuses has more than doubled in a decade. The budget has not bal
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This year’s CBC bonuses come on the heels of the CBC crying poor and begging the feds for more taxpayer cash. Tait told a parliamentary committee the CBC is plagued by “chronic underfunding,” despite taking $1.4 billion from taxpayers this year.
In 2015, the CBC rubber-stamped $8 million in bonuses. This year, the CBC is handing out $18 million in bonuses. That means the cost of the CBC’s taxpayer-funded bonuses has more than doubled in a decade. The budget has not bal
TERRAZZANO: Time to end bonuses and defund the CBC — Toronto Sun
The CBC is making the best case for why it should be defunded. The CBC rubber-stamped a fresh batch of bonuses for 1,194 executives, managers and non-union staff. According to the Canadian Press, this year’s bonuses will cost taxpayers more than $18 million. That includes $10.4 million in...
Who is the main villain here? The CBC for asking for the money, or Parliament for giving it to them?Huh…imagine if just half of the annual CBC budget was redistributed towards our Canadian Military?
This year’s CBC bonuses come on the heels of the CBC crying poor and begging the feds for more taxpayer cash. Tait told a parliamentary committee the CBC is plagued by “chronic underfunding,” despite taking $1.4 billion from taxpayers this year.
In 2015, the CBC rubber-stamped $8 million in bonuses. This year, the CBC is handing out $18 million in bonuses. That means the cost of the CBC’s taxpayer-funded bonuses has more than doubled in a decade. The budget has not bal
TERRAZZANO: Time to end bonuses and defund the CBC — Toronto Sun
The CBC is making the best case for why it should be defunded. The CBC rubber-stamped a fresh batch of bonuses for 1,194 executives, managers and non-union staff. According to the Canadian Press, this year’s bonuses will cost taxpayers more than $18 million. That includes $10.4 million in...
I'd put it on Parliament, frankly. No crime in asking.
Of course, if you were to respond "no crime in giving away other people's money either," I'd be hard-put to answer.
CBC is still out there, competing for the same advertising dollars that any other media outlet competes for, on top of the annual (currently) $1.4Billion it receives from taxpayers.
As I've said before, I agree completely. CBC was a good idea back in the day. But like many zombie programmes in the U.S., it has outlived its justification for subsidy. Have you written your member?
No, I just lean forward, look down, and whisper terms of encouragement.
Probably a better use of your time and effort than writing to your MP.
All government employees in their fantasy world consider their compensation equivalent to what they would make in the private sector. I can guarantee you the last thing Catherine Tait would do if she were in the private sector is to pay someone her wages.
It's all has to go. Canada pays $75 million in daily interest on the National debt. Provinces are on top of that. Zero control. The cows are no longer in the barn but all working from home still. Immigration is not the answer.
It's all has to go. Canada pays $75 million in daily interest on the National debt. Provinces are on top of that. Zero control. The cows are no longer in the barn but all working from home still. Immigration is not the answer.
After it was revealed this week that the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. paid $18.4 million in bonuses following hundreds of job cuts, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has renewed his promise to cut off funding to the public broadcaster if he’s elected prime minister next year.
(I’m all for, dollar for dollar, every dollar that leaves the CBC budget goes straight to the Canadian Military)
The CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors recently approved over $18.4 million in bonuses for nearly 1,200 employees, managers and executives for the 2023-24 fiscal year after it eliminated hundreds of positions. That number represents a 23% increase over the $14.9 million on bonuses handed out the previous year.
On Wednesday, the Liberal government refused to say if it approved a bonus for Taint, whose annual compensation ranges between $472,900 and $623,900, according to the CBC’s 2023 senior management compensation summary.
Tait’s bonus pay is set between seven per cent to 28% of her salary, if she meets certain criteria. But outside of the Olympics, Canadians don’t seem interested in the content CBC produces.
A year ago, it was reported that CBC’s English language television audience was just 4.4% of the prime time viewing audience, down from 7.6% five years earlier.
According to my colleague, Brian Lilley, CBC’s flagship news program, the most expensive to produce in the country, trails CTV and Global’s national newscasts.
“Clearly, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government are content to give CBC executives and their handpicked CEO huge multimillion-dollar taxpayer funded bonuses amid dwindling viewership and increasing irrelevancy so long as they remain good servants to their masters and continue to act as the propaganda arm of the Liberal party,” said Heritage critic Rachael Thomas in a statement on Wednesday.
Pierre Poilievre promises to 'defund the CBC' after $18.4M bonus amount revealed — Toronto Sun
After it was revealed this week that the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. paid $18.4 million in bonuses following hundreds of job cuts, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has renewed his promise to cut off funding to the public broadcaster if he’s elected prime minister next year. The...
At a rally in Toronto earlier this year, Poilievre taunted the broadcaster when he promised to turn the CBC’s headquarters in downtown Toronto into much-needed housing.
“We’re going to sell off 6,000 federal buildings and thousands of acres of federal land to build, build, build,” he said. “And you know something, it warms my heart to think of a beautiful family pulling up in their U-Haul to move into their wonderful new home in the former headquarters of the CBC.”
In response to Poilievre’s “threats,” the Office of Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge defended the CBC in an email to Postmedia, maintaining that the service “connects (about 4.4% of Canadians) from coast to coast to coast.”
For perspective, CBC President and Chief Executive Officer Catherine Tait annual compensation ranges between $472,900 and $623,900, according to the CBC’s 2023 senior management compensation summary.
Tait’s bonus pay is set between seven per cent to 28% of her salary, if she meets certain criteria.
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After it was revealed this week that the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. paid $18.4 million in bonuses following hundreds of job cuts, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has renewed his promise to cut off funding to the public broadcaster if he’s elected prime minister next year.
(I’m all for, dollar for dollar, every dollar that leaves the CBC budget goes straight to the Canadian Military)
The CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors recently approved over $18.4 million in bonuses for nearly 1,200 employees, managers and executives for the 2023-24 fiscal year after it eliminated hundreds of positions. That number represents a 23% increase over the $14.9 million on bonuses handed out the previous year.
On Wednesday, the Liberal government refused to say if it approved a bonus for Taint, whose annual compensation ranges between $472,900 and $623,900, according to the CBC’s 2023 senior management compensation summary.
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Tait’s bonus pay is set between seven per cent to 28% of her salary, if she meets certain criteria. But outside of the Olympics, Canadians don’t seem interested in the content CBC produces.
A year ago, it was reported that CBC’s English language television audience was just 4.4% of the prime time viewing audience, down from 7.6% five years earlier.
According to my colleague, Brian Lilley, CBC’s flagship news program, the most expensive to produce in the country, trails CTV and Global’s national newscasts.
“Clearly, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government are content to give CBC executives and their handpicked CEO huge multimillion-dollar taxpayer funded bonuses amid dwindling viewership and increasing irrelevancy so long as they remain good servants to their masters and continue to act as the propaganda arm of the Liberal party,” said Heritage critic Rachael Thomas in a statement on Wednesday.
Last December, the CBC said it planned to cut 600 jobs, eliminate 200 vacancies and slash $40 million from its production budget to help mitigate a projected $125-million shortfall. The movie came despite the Liberals handing over $1.38-billion in taxpayer dollars to the CBC in 2024-25 (which is a significant uptick from the $1.29 billion the broadcaster got for 2023-24).
Pierre Poilievre promises to 'defund the CBC' after $18.4M bonus amount revealed — Toronto Sun
After it was revealed this week that the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. paid $18.4 million in bonuses following hundreds of job cuts, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has renewed his promise to cut off funding to the public broadcaster if he’s elected prime minister next year. The...
At a rally in Toronto earlier this year, Poilievre taunted the broadcaster when he promised to turn the CBC’s headquarters in downtown Toronto into much-needed housing.
“We’re going to sell off 6,000 federal buildings and thousands of acres of federal land to build, build, build,” he said. “And you know something, it warms my heart to think of a beautiful family pulling up in their U-Haul to move into their wonderful new home in the former headquarters of the CBC.”
In response to Poilievre’s “threats,” the Office of Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge defended the CBC in an email to Postmedia, maintaining that the service “connects (about 4.4% of Canadians) from coast to coast to coast.”
For perspective, CBC President and Chief Executive Officer Catherine Tait annual compensation ranges between $472,900 and $623,900, according to the CBC’s 2023 senior management compensation summary.
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Tait’s bonus pay is set between seven per cent to 28% of her salary, if she meets certain criteria.
CBC, in Canada, is just the extreme example of that, but I concur with your assessment of the situation.