CBC Licence Renewals: Corp defends its news and programming decisions

By Denis Carmel GATINEAU – While day one of the hearing into the renewal of the CBC’s broadcasting licences was devoted to the 40,000-foot view with the chairman, days two and three flew a little lower, even skimming the regulatory weeds. The second day of the hearing – and a little bit on Wednesday morning – were devoted to news at CBC/Radio-Canada. “When I started at CBC/Radio-Canada, I was reminded that Canadians have two jobs—their own, and running the CBC,” said CBC president and CEO Catherine Tait. That is especially true of news at the corporation, so it was the...