OTTAWA – Former Société Radio-Canada exec Catherine Cano has been named as the new president and general manager of CPAC, effective January 11, 2016.
Cano, pictured, replaces Colette Watson who earlier this year was promoted to VP of TV and broadcast operations at Rogers Media.
With more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in broadcasting across all platforms, Cano began her career on Parliament Hill before turning her sights to media where, over the next two decades, she held an array of positions at the CBC/SRC. These include senior news producer of the Parliamentary Ottawa Bureau, editorial producer of Le Point, editor-in-chief of SRC News and head of RDI, deputy news director of Al Jazeera English in Doha and director of program development at CBC. Most recently she oversaw newsgathering and all news programming at SRC.
“It will be a busy year ahead for CPAC with a new Parliament and we look forward to having Catherine lead the way to ensuring that all MPs – and Canadians – get to know CPAC and its unique, unfiltered and comprehensive window on Parliament, politics and public affairs”, reads Tuesday’s announcement.
Created in 1992, CPAC is Canada’s only privately-owned, commercial free, not for profit, bilingual licensed television service. Owned and operated by Canadian cable companies, CPAC provides a window on parliamentary, political and public affairs in Canada and the world.
