Potential layoffs at CBC：Radio Canada
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about the upcoming meeting between CBC, Radio Canada's employees and their administration. I also talk about our government's support for the public broadcaster and how we will continue to work with them to make sure they have a strong public broadcaster.
Transcript
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So, like all of you, I heard about the meeting that will happen today between CBC, Radio
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My heart goes out to the employees that are facing uncertainty.
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Like all the other media, CBC and Radio Canada is facing difficulties due to the media crisis
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But since the beginning of our government in 2015, we've been there to support the public broadcaster.
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We brought back the $115 million per year that was cut by previous government.
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And we've also increased our funding during the pandemic because we knew that they were facing additional costs due to the situation.
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And this time again, we'll work with the public broadcaster because we believe in the public broadcaster
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and making sure that the service is available to all Canadians in all regions.
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And that even though there's a very difficult media crisis impacting all our broadcasters right now,
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we still need to revise the CBC, Radio Canada's mission and mandate
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and make sure that it fits the current situation, but still making sure that we have a strong public broadcaster.