Carment and Co.: Cuts to Radio Canada International can only hurt Canada’s image and influence abroad Politicians proclaim the world needs more Canada, then complain when they learn the world does not know enough about us.
Author of the article: David Carment, Richard Nimijean, Wojtek Gwiazda
Publishing date: Mar 02, 2021 • March 2, 2021 • 3 minute read • Following the attack by Chinese authorities on protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, the federal government decided that RCI would start its Chinese service in earnest in order to ensure that the truth was reported. But in 2012 it stopped its shortwave radio service, thereby losing virtually all of its Chinese audience. Photo by CATHERINE HENRIETTE /AFP/Getty Images
Opinion: Cuts to Radio Canada International can only hurt Canadaâs image and influence abroad Politicians proclaim the world needs more Canada, then complain when they learn the world does not know enough about us.
Author of the article: David Carment
Publishing date: Mar 02, 2021  â¢Â March 2, 2021  â¢Â 3 minute read  â¢Â Following the attack by Chinese authorities on protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989, the federal government decided that RCI would start its Chinese service in earnest in order to ensure that the truth was reported. But in 2012 it stopped its shortwave radio service, thereby losing virtually all of its Chinese audience. Photo by CATHERINE HENRIETTE /AFP/Getty Images
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The CBC logo is projected onto a screen during the CBC s annual upfront presentation in Toronto, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. A group of prominent Canadians is calling on the CBC to rethink its decision to significantly cut staff and rebrand the globally focused Radio Canada International to focus on domestic news. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin February 16, 2021 - 1:00 AM
OTTAWA - A group of prominent Canadians is calling on the CBC to rethink its decision to significantly cut staff and rebrand the globally focused Radio Canada International to focus on domestic news.
Wojtek Gwiazda, spokesman for the group trying to save RCI, says the CBC is planning to cut 13 full-time staff and three contract jobs from a staff of about 20.
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OTTAWA A group of prominent Canadians is calling on the CBC to rethink its decision to significantly cut staff and rebrand the globally focused Radio Canada…