OTTAWA — Canada's public broadcaster is getting an increase in funding, despite executives insisting that a request to cut CBC/Radio-Canada's budget for the next fiscal year was one reason they announced layoffs for 10 per cent of staff. Thursday's funding announcement will "lessen, but not eliminate" the $125-million shortfall, said Leon Mar, spokesman for CBC/Radio-Canada. Mar had said earlier this month that about $11 million of the projected shortfall would come as a result of an expected 3.3 per cent budget cut. Story continuesExecutives insisted earlier this year that the job cuts were coming in part because the government asked them to cut 3.3 per cent from their budget. Instead, departments, agencies and Crown corporations were asked to report on how such a cut could affect them.

Source: CBC News February 29, 2024 21:20 UTC