CBC Chief Transformation Officer and Executive Vice-President Marco Dube and CBC President and Chief Executive Officer Catherine Tait wait to appear at the Heritage Committee in Ottawa on May 7.CBC boss Catherine Tait says the public broadcaster will not press ahead with the 800 job cuts it warned of last year because its financial outlook has improved after the federal budget provided an additional $42-million in funding.
To compete with digital giants, she said, the broadcaster is looking at sharing some resources between CBC and Radio-Canada, such as equipment, production and distribution. However, she said there would be no merger of CBC and Radio-Canada, including of their content.Ms. Tait told the committee Tuesday
She said performance pay was part of employees’ remuneration packages and also helped motivate CBC staff.In an interview with The Globe and Mail in December, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said Ms. Tait “needs to be transparent” about whether she is going to give out the bonuses or not. Marco Dubé, chief transformation officer and executive vice-president, people and culture, said combining the programming of CBC and Radio-Canada was not being looked at, but aligning resources, such as technology, could be an option.