Tait performance pay questioning overshadows report on improved CBC financial situation

By Christopher Guly OTTAWA - The head of CBC came to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Tuesday proudly declaring that the public broadcaster’s “financial outlook has improved” since last December when it announced plans to cut 600 jobs to offset an estimated shortfall of $125 million, and had been reduced to about $20 million, resulting in no need for further payroll cuts to balance the books at CBC/Radio Canada. But several members of the committee, which has been scrutinizing the employment reduction at the English-French broadcaster, were more focused on executive bonuses when questioning president...