The Conservative government has introduced C-60, a bill that would allow a government appointee (from Treasury Board) to sit in when we bargain our collective agreement with CBC.
Since the Conservatives control the money CBC receives, and appoint the CBC President as well as the 11-member board of Directors, we believe they already have significant financial control. Which makes us apprehensive about why they need to appoint yet another person to “monitor” or maybe “influence” our bargaining.
We are spending a significant amount of energy fighting this, and you saw our press releases last week and this week – Conservative bill gives government a say in CBC journalism, as well as CMG comments in the media. We are also providing as much information as we can to all the other organizations that are opposing this bill, including the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), ACTRA, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, Lead Now and many more. Not to mention many Canadians publicly questioning these legislative changes.
We will keep you updated on the various initiatives on this front. Visit our website for more, including links to coverage of this issue:
Tories Turning CBC Into ‘Radio Moscow’ – Huffington Post
Opposition and labour leaders are in an uproar after it was revealed the Harper government plans to take more direct control of Canada’s …
Read the Broadcasting Act! Explaining the CBC to Stephen Harper …
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Are the Conservatives interfering with the CBC in a dangerous way — or just seeing to it that salaries at crown corporations fall in line with those …
CBC wants meeting with feds on Harper Cabinet’s new powers over …
A Hill Times review of annual reports from nearly one-third of Canada’s federal Crown corporations and union contract terms for three of the …
Harper government’s new controls on Crown corporations a cause …
Moreover, the legislation opens the door to further infringements on the CBC’s independence. In an attempt to crush the unions, Harper has …
Budget bill gives Harper Cabinet new powers over CBC | hilltimes.com
The federal government’s latest budget bill would give Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Cabinet the power to dictate collective …
Why Canada Still Needs the CBC
In recent days there has been much focus on the CBC and the government’s intentions to control it. Provisions in Bill C-60 will effectively change the way the CBC is run and funded.
L’indépendance de Radio–Canada menacée? | Nathalie Collard …
Ingérence politique des conservateurs à Radio-Canada?
2 mai 2013 | Stéphane Baillargeon , Hélène Buzzetti | Médias
Les critiques s’accumulent contre la volonté d’Ottawa de s’insérer dans les négociations des conventions collectives entre ses sociétés d’État et leurs employés. Les défenseurs de Radio-Canada/CBC s’inquiètent particulièrement d’une éventuelle ingérence politique dans les affaires du diffuseur public.
Réforme de la gestion de la SRC : la CSN menace de s’adresser aux tribunaux
6 mai 2013 | La Presse canadienne | Canada
La CSN prévient qu’elle pourrait faire appel aux tribunaux si le gouvernement Harper décide d’aller de l’avant avec sa réforme de la gestion de la…