{"id":2695,"date":"2017-06-21T17:12:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T17:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmg.ca\/toronto\/cbc\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2017-06-21T17:12:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T17:12:09","slug":"cmg-welcomes-new-selection-process-for-cbc-board-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmg.ca\/toronto\/cbc\/cmg-welcomes-new-selection-process-for-cbc-board-members\/","title":{"rendered":"CMG welcomes new selection process for CBC Board members"},"content":{"rendered":"

As champions of public broadcasting and CBC\/Radio-Canada, we at the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) are encouraged that the Minister of Canadian Heritage, M\u00e9lanie Joly, has announced an Independent Advisory Committee for Appointments to the CBC\/Radio-Canada Board of Directors. CMG has long advocated for a process such as the one outlined by the Minister today.<\/p>\n

We commend Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s government\u00a0 for following through on an election commitment that will move the Crown corporation towards merit-based and independent appointments to its Board.<\/p>\n

CBC\/Radio-Canada is not just another player in the media industry. It was created as a public trust, a public asset, to serve people across Canada and it needs strong, vocal leadership from its Board of Directors.<\/p>\n

We believe a representative, non-partisan, and fully qualified Board of Directors is an absolute necessity when it comes to restoring and building CBC\/Radio-Canada into a point of pride that reflects all that we are and all that we aspire to become.<\/p>\n

Worker representatives chosen by unions on the CBC Board<\/strong><\/p>\n

As such, CMG has also called for a Board that includes employee representatives chosen by CBC\u2019s unions.\u00a0 Ensuring employee representation on Boards is a practice that has proven invaluable in other sectors and other countries.<\/p>\n

As journalists and media workers, we have a good sense of what is required to do our jobs well. We know that unrelenting layoffs, smaller newsrooms, and diminished resources have taken their toll. Inevitably, the cuts have an impact not only on our working conditions but also on what we can offer our audiences. Still, we bring our passion and skill to work and we get the job done. That commitment is also reflected in the work that we do every day in communities all across Canada and around the world.<\/p>\n

This is a perspective we urge the Independent Advisory Committee to take to heart by recommending employee representatives chosen by CBC’s unions.<\/p>\n

Our aim, now as always, is to fulfill a key component of Article 1 of our collective agreement with CBC management:<\/p>\n

“The Parties to this Agreement share a desire to promote the success of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and CMG members in carrying out the Corporation’s mandate under the Broadcasting Act and the Parties further agree that the Union and its members will fully support the Corporation in maintaining the highest quality programs, ensuring value to the Canadian public.”<\/p>\n

A committed and skilled Board of Directors, together with workers at CBC\/Radio-Canada and all levels of management, owe the Canadian public nothing less \u2013 strong value in return for public investments including the highest quality programming possible.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Spence
\nCBC Branch President, Canadian Media Guild<\/p>\n

Kamala Rao
\nNational President, Canadian Media Guild<\/p>\n

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Le 20 juin 2017<\/p>\n

La Guilde approuve le nouveau processus de s\u00e9lection des membres du Conseil d\u2019administration de Radio-Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n

En notre qualit\u00e9 de d\u00e9fenseurs de la radiodiffusion publique et de Radio-Canada\/CBC, nous, \u00e0 la Guilde canadienne des m\u00e9dias, sommes encourag\u00e9s par l\u2019annonce faite par la ministre du Patrimoine canadien, M\u00e9lanie Joly, d\u2019un Comit\u00e9 consultatif ind\u00e9pendant des nominations au Conseil d\u2019administration de Radio-Canada\/CBC. La Guilde est longtemps intervenue en faveur d\u2019un processus tel que celui d\u00e9crit aujourd\u2019hui par la ministre.<\/p>\n

Nous f\u00e9licitons le gouvernement du premier ministre Justin Trudeau d\u2019avoir\u00a0tenu cet engagement \u00e9lectoral qui favorisera des nominations ind\u00e9pendantes fond\u00e9es sur le m\u00e9rite au Conseil d\u2019administration de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019\u00c9tat<\/p>\n

Radio-Canada\/CBC n\u2019est pas simplement un autre acteur de l\u2019industrie m\u00e9diatique. Le diffuseur a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9 comme un bien public au service des gens \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle\u00a0du pays, et il a besoin d\u2019un Conseil d\u2019administration fort, qui fait preuve de leadership et se fait entendre.<\/p>\n

Nous croyons qu\u2019un Conseil d\u2019administration repr\u00e9sentatif, non partisan, et enti\u00e8rement\u00a0qualifi\u00e9 est absolument n\u00e9cessaire pour r\u00e9tablir et reb\u00e2tir Radio-Canada\/CBC en une source de fiert\u00e9 qui repr\u00e9sente tout ce que nous sommes et tout ce \u00e0 quoi nous aspirons.<\/p>\n

Repr\u00e9sentants de travailleurs choisis par les syndicats au Conseil d\u2019administration<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00c0 cet \u00e9gard, la Guilde a \u00e9galement demand\u00e9 un Conseil qui comprend des repr\u00e9sentants d\u2019employ\u00e9s choisis par les syndicats. Le fait d\u2019avoir des employ\u00e9s sur les conseils d\u2019administration est une pratique qui s\u2019est av\u00e9r\u00e9e pr\u00e9cieuse dans d\u2019autres secteurs et dans d\u2019autres pays.<\/p>\n

En tant que journalistes et travailleurs des m\u00e9dias, nous avons une bonne id\u00e9e de ce qui est n\u00e9cessaire pour bien faire notre travail. Nous savons que des coupes incessantes, des salles de nouvelles de plus en plus petites et des ressources r\u00e9duites ont des effets n\u00e9gatifs. In\u00e9vitablement, ces compressions ont un impact non seulement sur nos conditions de travail mais aussi sur ce que nous pouvons offrir aux publics. Malgr\u00e9 tout, nous mettons notre passion et nos comp\u00e9tences \u00e0 contribution pour faire ce qu\u2019il y a \u00e0 faire. Cet engagement se retrouve aussi dans le travail que nous faisons chaque jour dans les collectivit\u00e9s partout au pays et \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle mondiale.<\/p>\n

C\u2019est ce point de vue que nous demandons au Comit\u00e9 consultatif ind\u00e9pendant des nominations de garder \u00e0 l\u2019esprit en vue\u00a0de recommander des repr\u00e9sentants d\u2019employ\u00e9s choisis par les syndicats de Radio-Canada.
\nNotre but demeure de satisfaire un \u00e9l\u00e9ment cl\u00e9 de l\u2019Article 1 de la convention collective que nous avons conclue avec la direction de Radio-Canada :<\/p>\n

\u00ab Les parties \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sente convention partagent la volont\u00e9 commune de promouvoir le succ\u00e8s de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et des membres de la GCM dans la mise en \u0153uvre du mandat de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 en vertu de la Loi sur la radiodiffusion, et conviennent \u00e9galement que le Syndicat et ses membres encouragent pleinement la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 dans le maintien d\u2019une programmation de la plus haute qualit\u00e9, assurant des produits de valeur au public canadien. \u00bb<\/p>\n

Voil\u00e0 ce qu\u2019un conseil d\u2019administration r\u00e9solu et comp\u00e9tent, les travailleurs \u00e0 Radio-Canada\/CBC ainsi que les gestionnaires de tous les niveaux sont charg\u00e9s d\u2019apporter, ensemble, au public canadien \u2013 une v\u00e9ritable valeur dont une programmation de la plus haute qualit\u00e9 possible en contrepartie d\u2019investissements publics.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Spence
\nPr\u00e9sident de la sous-section Radio-Canada, Guilde canadienne des m\u00e9dias<\/span><\/p>\n

Kamala Rao
\nPr\u00e9sidente nationale, Guilde canadienne des m\u00e9dias<\/p>\n

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