Latest N-word controversy proves two solitudes endure at CBC/Radio-Canada
CBC/Radio-Canada touts itself as “Canada’s national public broadcaster,” as if the organization operated as a single, seamless network in both official languages and several Indigenous ones. But the separation between the French and English arms of the broadcaster has always been starkly apparent to any Canadian who tunes in regularly to both the CBC and Radio-Canada.
A slew of Radio-Canada journalists and on-air personalities, including the anchor of the French-language network’s flagship Le Téléjournal, Céline Galipeau, called on the public broadcaster to “vigorously contest” the CRTC’s June 29 decision.
The reaction to the CRTC ruling in the halls of Radio-Canada’s brand-new glass headquarters at the corner of René-Lévesque Blvd. East and Papineau Ave. in Montreal contrasts with the near silence at CBC’s Front Street broadcast centre in Toronto after veteran journalist Wendy Mesley was suspended for mentioning the same book’s title in a staff meeting in 2020.that she “became a convenient device for cleaning up their brand.
In a July 13 statement, CBC/Radio-Canada said it would appeal the CRTC ruling, arguing the regulator “overstepped its authority” and “has attempted to give itself the power to interfere with journalistic independence.” This is true as far as it goes, especially given concerns that the CRTC could seek to regulate online content under powers granted to it by Bill C-11, which is awaiting approval by the Senate.
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