CBC/Radio-Canada considering ‘all possible measures’ to manage financial pressures

By Connie Thiessen CBC/Radio-Canada says it will consider “all possible measures” to manage its financial pressures, following criticism from current and former journalists that the public broadcaster wasn’t considering cuts to executive bonuses as it looks for $125 million in savings. The public broadcaster announced last week that it would eliminate 800 positions as part of that cost-cutting, amounting to about 10% of its workforce, and reduce its English and French programming budgets, including $40 million in independent production commissions and program acquisitions. An appearance by President & CEO Catherine Tait on The National fueled further outrage when she refused...