Unions call for ouster of CBC president, board

TORONTO - Two unions representing CBC employees are calling for CBC/Radio-Canada president Hubert Lacroix and the board of directors to step down, saying that employees have lost confidence in their leadership.The Canadian Media Guild says that it has joined forces with the SCRC, which represents 3,000 Radio-Canada employees in Québec and New Brunswick, “to ask for an end to the leadership of a team that is implementing a plan to weaken the public broadcaster”.“After much consideration and meetings with our elected union leaders across the country, we are forced to take this step, before the plans implemented by this leadership at...