Ruth Ellen Brosseau at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On October 27th, 2011. See this statement in context.

October 27th, 2011 / 9:45 a.m.

NDP

Ruth Ellen Brosseau NDP Berthier—Maskinongé, QC

Thank you very much.

I also want to thank the three witnesses who are with us today.

I just really want to clarify everything.

The CBC is funded by the Canadian taxpayers, so it is subject to the Access to Information Act. When the CBC was subject to the Access to Information Act, they were bombarded by, you would say, mostly one source, another business, which we seem to believe is Quebecor. They're having a lot of trouble with Quebecor in the media. There have been so many slurs and campaigns against the CBC.

Would you think, ethically, that this is an issue, a problem, because the CBC is a publicly funded company and Quebecor is private? Could you comment on that, Mr. Morrison?

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