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Audio: Casgrain answers committee questions

This is most of the Q&A session from this morning’s questioning of incoming CBC Chairman Timothy Casgrain. (I missed the first 20 minutes because my computer and I were having a disagreement about who’s boss.) You can listen to it here (click the play icon above) or download it and move it to your audio player of choice.

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