Racist comments aired by CHOI-FM in violation of Code of Ethics - CBSC

OTTAWA - Comments made by a guest regarding Haitians on the Le Show Tard broadcast by CHOI-FM (Radio X, Québec City) were ruled “unduly discriminatory, stereotypical and degrading” under the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics and Equitable Portrayal Code says the CBSC. Psychiatrist Pierre “Doc” Mailloux was invited as a guest on Le Show Tard to provide advice to callers on April 20, 2012. In response to one young man who said he had had his first sexual experience at 13 years old, Mailloux twice exclaimed You’re nothing more than animals! That’s worse than Haiti!” A listener...