Thank you, Madam Chair.
With executive bonuses, layoffs of workers, cuts to local broadcasting, the use and abuse of non-disclosure agreements to silence and intimidate employees, Canadians may be wondering if we're talking about a major media conglomerate, perhaps Bell Media, but no, we're talking about the publicly funded CBC.
To many Canadians, the CBC, an institution we have built, is increasingly acting like a private corporation, putting profits ahead of everything else. We are aware in recent months about the back and forth on whether or not CBC executives like you, Ms. Tait, will be taking a bonus. Potentially $15 million being spent on executive bonuses while jobs disappear is wildly irresponsible. Rewarding oneself for failure while families and communities pay the price of job losses and the loss of local programming is unacceptable.
Will you commit to cancelling executive bonuses to save as many jobs as possible?