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> The corporation is governed by the Broadcasting Act of 1991, under a board of directors and is directly responsible to Parliament through the Department of Ca
by Bran_son 3y ago
> The corporation is governed by the Broadcasting Act of 1991, under a board of directors and is directly responsible to Parliament through the Department of Canadian Heritage. General management of the organization is in the hands of a president, who is appointed by the Governor General of Canada in Council, on the advice of the Prime Minister.
> The CBC's 2021-2022 annual report revealed it received almost $1.4 billion (70% of its funding) from the federal government.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporat...
- silexia 3y agoWhy are government funded media orgs so intensely trying to hide that fact?
- neximo64 3y agoIf the prime minister is the one that names the person isn't that not independent?
- calin2k 3y agowhat is the causality that makes it not independent? is there a binding oath on non independence? is there a legal act?
- neximo64 3y agoIt's about incentives. the PM has an incentive to pick someone favourable to his party. Certainly not someone who would be against his party. If the leadership is chosen independently and the funding is done independently there are no incentives as such.