Heritage launches application process for next CBC president

Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge on Friday launched the application process for the next president of CBC/Radio-Canada. The minister announced the convening of an independent advisory committee consisting of 10 individuals to make the selection ahead of current head Catherine Tait’s term expiry next January. Tait, who became the first woman in the history of the public broadcaster to serve as president and CEO, was extended last June. “The successful candidate will support CBC/Radio-Canada in transforming the way it engages with Canadians in a rapidly changing environment by making the public broadcaster more digital and more ambitious in its Canadian programming,”...