Debating CBC's value is 'healthy,' says incoming president, who vows to look at compensation

"I think there's lots of issues that can be debated on the value going forward of a public broadcaster,' Marie- Philippe Bouchard told Parliamentarians this week

OTTAWA — When Marie-Philippe Bouchard was first approached to throw her name into the running to become the next president of CBC/Radio-Canada, she declined. 

The Quebec television executive, who spent 29 years at the CBC before leaving to become CEO of TV5 back in 2016, said she instead volunteered to sit on the committee tasked with providing Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge advice on developing a new mandate for the nearly 90-year-old public broadcaster.