CBC head spars with Conservative MPs as she testifies about executive bonuses
OTTAWA — An appearance by the CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. at a parliamentary committee turned personal Tuesday, even before Catherine Tait faced a barrage of questions from Conservative MPs over executive bonuses.
Before Tait’s testimony, the public broadcaster published a letter it had sent to the committee chair in March, which accused Conservative MPs of deliberately spreading false accusations about the company and Tait.
The same letter was handed out to media by a CBC executive prior to the meeting.
The letter said “deliberately false accusations” have been damaging to Tait’s reputation and that of the CBC. It singled out Conservative MPs Kevin Waugh and Rachael Thomas for comments they had made.