Peladeau calls out other media groups for getting into bed with CBC during committee appearance

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA - Quebecor Media’s CEO used an appearance at a Parliamentary committee to slam not only the CBC/Radio-Canada for its lack of accountability to Canadians, but also other media organizations for getting into bed with the public broadcaster and refusing to take the CBC to task over its use of taxpayer money. Speaking at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, QMI president and CEO Pierre-Karl Péladeau portrayed Sun Media as being the only news organization capable of asking CBC the hard questions about how it uses public money. He spoke about access to...