Budget Implementation: Hubert Lacroix

Hubert Lacroix: Canadian Broadcasting Corp. chief executive Hubert Lacroix sent a letter to the Commons finance committee today, pleading for an amendment to the budget implementation bill to ensure the broadcaster's independence, according to Huffington Post. "The CBC may think it is a special, independent, Crown agency. This is wrong," Flaherty said and OTTAWA - The CBC is warning the federal government that its efforts to control salary negotiations at the Crown agency could be at odds with the Broadcasting Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, leading to litigation. But when Liberal MP Scott Brison read parts of the letter to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, the minister stiffly dismissed any possibility of changes to the bill. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.