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CUPE files Commission complaint against Global TV Quebec

QUEBEC CITY - "Global couldn't care less about Québec City!" shouts a release today filed by the Canadian Union of Public Employees.The union has filed a complaint with the CRTC over the broadcaster’s ongoing plan to consolidate its master control in Toronto, which was reported by www.cartt.ca on July 19th. Like other broadcasters, Global is saving money by using the latest technology to have its master control in a few major centres, rather than have duplicates all over the place. “We’re just doing what CTV and CBC and the French networks did ages ago,” CKMI station manager Karen MacDonald told...