Quebecor demands "false and defamatory" information on CBC website be removed, or else

MONTREAL – Quebecor Media is demanding that CBC/Radio-Canada take down the page on its website that, among other allegations, accuses the Montreal-based media giant of using public subsidies for its own gain. As Cartt.ca reported earlier this week, the ‘pubcaster posted a page entitled ‘What Quebecor won’t tell you about its attacks on the public broadcaster’ that included a document called ‘Examining Quebecor Media's Free Market Message’ on the evening before Quebecor head Pierre-Karl Péladeau appeared in front of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics about the CBC and the Access To Information Act. In...