During a town hall meeting on Monday, CBC President Catherine Tait told CBC and Radio-Canada employees that the public broadcaster will cut up to 10 per cent of its workforce, including 600 workers, according to the public broadcaster.
The broadcaster is making the cuts to address a $125 million shortfall that the CBC is facing, with cuts to both its English and French services, according to multiple sources. $40 million of those cuts will be to programming, according to the CBC. The CBC confirmed on Monday that on top of the layoffs, which will affect both union and non-union workers, 200 vacant jobs will remain empty. There are also no plans to implement a retirement incentive package, sources at the meeting told the Star.
