The government provides the CBC with a parliamentary appropriation to provide a national public television and radio broadcasting service for all Canadians in both official languages. This service is primarily Canadian in content and character.
As a crown corporation operating independently from government, the CBC is not required to provide details of its annual revenues and expenditures beyond those which are contained in its audited financial statements of its annual reports.
The following financial information on expenditures and revenues for fiscal years 1994-95 to 1998-99 is contained in the CBC's annual report.
Annex A describes total expenditures for CBC English and French services before taxes and Annex B describes revenues.