ACTRA endorses NDP pledge to restore, guarantee, funding for CBC

TORONTO - The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is throwing its support behind the NDP government’s pre-election promise to scrap the $115 million cut to CBC/Radio-Canada made in the 2012 federal budget.Describing the CBC as “an essential public service” in a statement this week, NDP leader Tom Mulcair also pledged to guarantee stable, predictable, multi-year financing for the public broadcaster and to set up an independent process for appointing members of the CBC’s board of directors. ACTRA said in its own statement that it has “long argued for more accountability in the governance of the CBC”, and that...