Mr. Marc-François Bernier at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On October 25th, 2011. See this statement in context.

October 25th, 2011 / 10:45 a.m.

Professor, Research Chair in communication of the Canadian Francophonie, specializing in journalism ethics (CREJ), University of Ottawa, As an Individual

Marc-François Bernier

I’m here because I was invited. I did not ask to appear. I have done some research, and I’m giving you the outcome of that research, which shows that the first ones need to be concerned, meaning the Quebecor journalists themselves. They are the first witnesses of the ethical problems that they are experiencing in that company.

I made a comparison with the CBC and with Gesca to see whether there were differences. The differences are statistically considerable. This isn’t coincidental. The journalists are criticizing a number of things.

I would say one thing about the doubts about the CBC’s impartiality. I’m from Quebec and for 40 years, there have been a lot of people who also doubt the CBC's impartiality on certain matters.

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