One time, one more time

FundingYesterday the Treasury Board approved the release of CBC/Radio-Canada’s $60 million in one-time funding for this fiscal year. (Am I crazy, or didn’t that start April 1st?)

Good news, although there’s still that pesky “one-time” prefix, meaning CBC has to apply for it every year. I believe this is the sixth “one-time” year in a row.

The cash isn’t in hand yet – according to CBC President Robert Rabinovitch, it becomes part of something called the Government’s Supplementary Estimates, which will be tabled in Parliament in November and voted on in December. Barring an election, of course.

(Do check out the new Budget site from the Department of Finance Canada – with a header that incorporates a talking Jim Flaherty!)

The next big day comes Wednesday, when CBC files its CRTC submission on over-the-air television. The same day, President and VPs appear before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage - for the first time since the change of government – “to talk about CBC/Radio-Canada’s plans for the future.”


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2 Responses to “One time, one more time”

    Dave says:

    It’s a damn shame. The CBC should get adequate funding at all costs (ok maybe not all, but you get the point)… I mean come on it’s the CBC, an icon, an institution, a pioneer.
    d.j. says:

    after all the idiotic managment decisions of late…I’m amazed they’ve given us anything