Comments on: Half of Sudbury Employees Facing Layoffs http://www.insidethecbc.com/half-of-sudbury-employees-facing-layoffs/ The official blog of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:31:08 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Max http://www.insidethecbc.com/half-of-sudbury-employees-facing-layoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-22306 Max Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:23:40 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=2991#comment-22306 Where's the CBC Board of Directors in all this? How can they sit by and watch small, regional stations which have audience shares of 20-50% be destroyed like this? It goes against the CBC's mandate. These cuts should have been shouldered proportionately across the country and not on the backs of small stations in northern Ontario and the East Coast. Hell, they closed one-person bureaus in northern Manitoba and northern Saskatchewan. One person bureaus....really? Was the real estate in Thompson too expensive? Seeing a trend here? Cuts were made in northern X, northern Y, and northern Z. Honestly, where is the Board of Directors in all this? Someone should be fired over this. Where’s the CBC Board of Directors in all this? How can they sit by and watch small, regional stations which have audience shares of 20-50% be destroyed like this? It goes against the CBC’s mandate. These cuts should have been shouldered proportionately across the country and not on the backs of small stations in northern Ontario and the East Coast. Hell, they closed one-person bureaus in northern Manitoba and northern Saskatchewan. One person bureaus….really? Was the real estate in Thompson too expensive? Seeing a trend here? Cuts were made in northern X, northern Y, and northern Z. Honestly, where is the Board of Directors in all this? Someone should be fired over this.

]]> By: Vicki Gilhula http://www.insidethecbc.com/half-of-sudbury-employees-facing-layoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-22043 Vicki Gilhula Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:56:59 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=2991#comment-22043 The cuts to CBC Radio in Sudbury and Thunder Bay are criminal. Northern Ontario is 90 percent of the province of Ontario!!! The cuts to CBC Radio in Sudbury and Thunder Bay are criminal. Northern Ontario is 90 percent of the province of Ontario!!!

]]> By: Dwight Williams http://www.insidethecbc.com/half-of-sudbury-employees-facing-layoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-21887 Dwight Williams Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:33:02 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=2991#comment-21887 Aw no...living in Ottawa, but considering how much useful news out of Sudbury I've been getting over the last few years, I'm hoping this gets reversed post-haste! Aw no…living in Ottawa, but considering how much useful news out of Sudbury I’ve been getting over the last few years, I’m hoping this gets reversed post-haste!

]]> By: Mark Devitt http://www.insidethecbc.com/half-of-sudbury-employees-facing-layoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-21843 Mark Devitt Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:21:42 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=2991#comment-21843 These cuts to the regions affect all Canadians. Losing half the staff of an already bare-bones newsroom has serious implications for the people of Northeastern Ontario. For some, the CBC is the only option for news. Yes, the station will remain open, but its effectiveness will be severely weakened. The CBC's mandate to “reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences, while serving the special needs of those regions" is at risk. Though services and jobs may be spared in other regions, these cuts are a turning point for the region of Northeastern Ontario. If we allow these cuts, we are opening the door for further regional slashing not only in other regions, but throughout the entire CBC. These cuts to the regions affect all Canadians. Losing half the staff of an already bare-bones newsroom has serious implications for the people of Northeastern Ontario. For some, the CBC is the only option for news. Yes, the station will remain open, but its effectiveness will be severely weakened. The CBC’s mandate to “reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences, while serving the special needs of those regions” is at risk.

Though services and jobs may be spared in other regions, these cuts are a turning point for the region of Northeastern Ontario. If we allow these cuts, we are opening the door for further regional slashing not only in other regions, but throughout the entire CBC.

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