Dasko seeks survey data from CBC in Senate

An Ontario senator is wondering why the Department of Canadian Heritage is looking at the future of CBC/Radio-Canada when consultations on the public broadcaster have already been done. In Thursday’s question period, Independent senator Donna Dasko asked what became of previous studies. “My question is about these consultations with the public about the CBC,” she said. “When were these consultations undertaken, who was consulted and where were they reported? Are past consultations adequate for the purpose today?” Government representative in the Senate Marc Gold recited a litany of reports that looked at the public broadcaster. “While I cannot cover the exhaustive list in the time I have, recent consultations include the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, or CRTC, licence renewal in 2021; the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel in 2019 and 2020; and the 2017 report by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, which is entitled Disruption: Change and Churning in Canada’s Media Landscape,” he said. “You may also note that in 2015, the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications published the report entitled Time for Change: The CBC/Radio-Canada in the Twenty-first Century, which will also help the current panel’s work.” In her follow-up, Dasko, a former vice-president of the Environics polling firm, quoted CBC president Catherine Tait as saying the corporation conducts public opinion surveys twice a year. The Ontario senator asked if that data was publicly available. “I’ve been informed that CBC/Radio-Canada publicly releases 17 metrics from the Mandate and Vision Perception Survey three times annually — in the fall and the spring, and then combined data,” Gold explained. “I understand that these surveys are sent directly to the CRTC, and CBC/Radio-Canada posts these publicly on their corporate site.” – Reporting by Paul Park at ppark@thewirereport.ca

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