Via Thomas Witherspoon on Facebook.
The Conservative cabinet has quietly changed a rule that could have prevented
the CBC from following through on its plan to cut its international shortwave
radio service.
Supporters of Radio Canada International, which faces a near fatal 80-per-cent
budget cut from the CBC, say that amounts to the government essentially ending
all uncensored Canadian broadcasts to places like China and Russia.
Heritage Minister James Moore recommended an order in council, approved on June
7, that deleted a requirement for RCI to maintain a shortwave service.
That change removed an obstacle to the steep cuts the CBC had announced for RCI
in April — $10 million of $12.3 million budget will disappear along with at
least three-quarters of its work force.
RCI had planned to file an injunction this past week to prevent CBC from
shutting down its shortwave broadcasting facilities, but the new order thwarted
their lawyers.
Full article:
http://metronews.ca/news/canada/265013/cabinet-cuts-shortwave-radio-protection
Mike
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