CBC President and Chief Executive Officer Catherine Tait appears as a witness at a House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2024.Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Catherine Tait says she made CBC better. Andrew Scheer says that's 'quite the echo chamber'

Outgoing president of CBC/Radio-Canada said cutting the broadcaster's English Services puts access to Canadian-made information at risk.

by · National Post

OTTAWA — CBC President Catherine Tait accused MPs who summoned her to Ottawa on Monday of hurling “insults” her way to try to discredit the public broadcaster.

That day marked the fifth time she had appeared before the parliamentary committee on Canadian Heritage within the past 12 months. What began as a cross-partisan summoning of Tait to answer for job cuts announced last year while at the same time CBC/Radio-Canada’s board of directors approved paying out millions in bonuses, including to executives, had by Monday devolved into a testy confrontation.

CBC president Catherine Tait pays $200 conflict-of-interest fine, blames investment advisorOTTAWA — Oops. Stephanie Taylor, 01 Nov 2024CBC president accuses MPs of trying to 'vilify' and 'discredit' her, defends executive bonusesOTTAWA — The CEO and president of CBC/Radio-Canada says she believes members of the parliamentary heritage committee have been using her appearances to “vilify and to discredit” her, along with the public broadcaster as a whole, as she defended bonuses paid to executives.Stephanie Taylor, 21 Oct 2024