Fighting to protect the international mandate, programming and autonomy of Radio Canada International
Fighting to protect the international mandate, programming and autonomy of Radio Canada International
RAC AdminIn a truly disappointing development yesterday afternoon a motion to protect the role and mandate of Radio Canada International within the Broadcasting Act was defeated by Senators at the Senate…
RAC Adminreprinted with permission The Hill Times By NEIL MOSS May 5, 2021 ‘Radio Canada International has just one mandate and that is to explain Canada to the world,’ says former…
RAC Adminreprinted with permission The Hill Times By WOJTEK GWIAZDA MARCH 29, 2021 The CBC never understood that the uniqueness of RCI is that we explain Canada to the rest of the…
RAC AdminIn an open letter released March 18, 2021, 45 former Canadian ambassadors called planned changes to the international mandate of Radio Canada International (RCI) a mistake. “As diplomats who have…
RAC AdminThe following open letter was sent February 15, 2021 to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, and Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault…
En français ici Does the new “major transformation” of Radio Canada International respect the international mandate of RCI? The short answer is no. At the moment the obligations of CBC/Radio-Canada…
RAC AdminLast week was tough for Radio Canada International employees as we finally found out the impact of the $500,000 budget reduction because of the station leaving Sirius Satellite Radio. RCI’s…
RAC AdminOn March 26, 1982 RCI inaugurated its Ottawa bureau. RCI Director Betty Zimmerman (fourth from left) with staff: three English and three French journalists. At the time, they were all…
RAC AdminIt’s hard to believe it’s already 19 years ago that our reality at RCI changed so radically. In December of 1990, our parent company the public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada announced that…
RAC AdminAn overview of the issues involved in RCI’s international mandate. November/December, 2007 – Questions about the international mandate of Radio Canada International (RCI) were once again raised at a parliamentary…
