Even once reforms proposed by the Trudeau government are in place, Canada would sit only 46th on a list of global freedom-of-information rankings — sandwiched between Peru and Bulgaria.
The new process for picking a CBC board is an important first step in rebuilding and reviving the public broadcaster, says former longtime CBC journalist Nick Fillmore.
A group representing print and digital media publishers is calling on the federal government to set up a $350 million fund to support journalism in Canada.
Andrew Scheer's Conservatives could be in trouble in 2019 if their newly-minted leader campaigns on a promise to cut funding to the CBC, new research has revealed.