Overview

• The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)/Radio-Canada announced it will cut around 600 jobs and reduce its programming budgets due to budget pressures.
• The cuts are expected to help manage a forecasted $125 million budget shortfall for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
• The reductions will result in fewer new TV series and episodes of existing shows, as well as a decrease in program acquisitions and independent production commissions.
• The cuts come after the federal government suggested it may cap the amount of money CBC and Radio-Canada could get under a $74 million deal that Ottawa recently signed with Google.
• The Canada Media Guild (CMG), which represents CBC/Radio-Canada staff, has expressed shock and frustration at the extent of the cuts.