The CBC Gets its One Time Funding. Again.

Mar 10, 2010

Source: Inside the CBC

For the eight year in a row, the CBC received its “one-time” funding of $60 from the government today.

CBC President Hubert Lacroix confirmed the funding in a note to staff this afternoon. This year the funding announcement was confirmed quite quickly after the budget. Last year staff endured several weeks of nail-biting before we found out if we’d be getting the money.

I’m starting to think that the Conservative government may actually like the CBC.

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The CBC Gets its One Time Funding. Again.

Source: Inside the CBC