To be nice off the top, we do really appreciate what the Friends of Canadian Media said when they said that this decision for bonuses is “deeply out of touch and unbefitting of our national public broadcaster”.
We agree with that, but, again, putting more money into government-funded media is just the opposite of what taxpayers want. We want media to be funded privately through willing donations, subscriptions or a GiveSendGo. However you give money to the media of your choice is how this should play out. The notion of just giving more taxpayers' money to government-funded media is just not going to work.