Radio / Television News

Who is steering the CBC ship? A letter from Lise Lareau, president, Canadian Media Guild

THE LOCKOUT AT THE CBC is entering its fifth week because no one in senior management is directly responsible or accountable for their actions. Consider this: CBC president Robert Rabinovitch approved the plan to lockout 5,500 people as a way to force extreme concessions - namely a staff structure with far more reliance on temporary work. Based on the emails to Rabinovitch that are copied to me and based on general media coverage, I don't think this approach is resonating with Canadians, even the most conservative of them. But who exactly can redirect Rabinovitch? There's the rub. The CBC's Board...