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No, CBC CEO Catherine Tait does not live in the U.S.


OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada issued a press release today in an attempt to correct a story published Friday on the Canadaland website which claimed CBC’s president, Catherine Tait, lives in Brooklyn. The story has been picked up by other media, including The National Post and Le Devoir, and has circulated on other websites such as The Post Millennial and others. “Canadaland claims its assertion is ‘based on information from sources’. If so, those ‘sources’ did not read the Broadcasting Act, which states: ‘Sec 38 (1) A person is not eligible to be appointed or to continue as a director if the...