Kevin Waugh at the Canadian Heritage Committee

On November 14th, 2024. See this statement in context.

November 14th, 2024 / 11:40 a.m.

Conservative

Kevin Waugh Conservative Saskatoon—Grasswood, SK

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thanks to the minister for coming today.

Minister, you and your department gave an extra $42 million to the CBC earlier this year, and it was to save journalism. We found out that half of the $42 million went to bonuses. How do bonuses, in your opinion, save journalism, when out of the extra $42 million that you handed over to the CBC, $18 million went to the bonuses? How did that save journalism in this country?

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