Minister Reviewing CBC’s Mandate with Eye to Making It Less Reliant on AdvertisingBy Mickey Djuric, The Canadian PressOTTAWA — Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said Monday he is starting to review the mandate for CBC and its French-language service Radio-Canada, including ways the government can bolster funding to the public broadcaster so it is less reliant on advertising dollars. His mandate letter from the prime minister said the goal in providing more money to the CBC and Radio-Canada is to eliminate advertising during news and other public affairs shows. The bill would require tech giants to pay Canadian media companies for linking to or otherwise repurposing their content online. NDP MP Peter Julian suggested this could help divert some online advertising money now spent on the CBC and Radio-Canada to smaller media outlets. The New Democrats want to see a new CBC mandate “as quickly as possible” because they believe it’s been under attack, including by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

Source: CBC News May 30, 2023 12:35 UTC