Minister Moore likes CBC's five-year plan, but makes no cash commitments

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA - Appearing before a Parliamentary committee, Minister of Canadian Heritage James Moore applauded CBC/Radio-Canada for its new five-year strategic plan, but his testimony shed little light on whether the public broadcaster can expect to see any increases in funding from the federal government. Moore said the government plans to continue its support of the CBC by either maintaining or increasing its budget as it committed to doing in previous election campaigns. “The Minister of Finance has tabled five budgets in this parliament and in every single one of those budgets we have kept our word. The CBC currently receives...