There needs to be an overhaul when it comes to management. You have my specific recommendations.
I will also say this. I am not here as somebody who does not believe in public broadcasting. I was on Jonovision. I started as an audience coordinator at the CBC when I was 19 years old. I worked on Royal Canadian Air Farce. I worked on The Red Green Show. I then left. I came back. I worked at CBC Edmonton. I worked at CBC Toronto. I left and came back again. I took a pay cut to come back to the CBC. I used to walk around the CBC Broadcasting Centre when I was 19 years old and sneak into the newsroom. I thought, “I want to be in this place at some point. This is the heart of the news organization.”
It has gotten so far away from what it was. The CBC should not be a polarizing force. It needs to bring Canadians together. It has the infrastructure to do that. Until there's a recognition of the problem among management, nothing will happen. They fail to recognize this. I would be willing to sit down tomorrow with the new president to talk about some of this stuff. Good people are leaving. They're being forced out, and their concerns are being dismissed because it's about protecting reputation.
Well, here's some news: I don't have to want to destroy the CBC, because management and executives are doing a great job of that on their own.