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Search to replace Rabinovitch at CBC

From The Globe and Mail:
The CBC is trying to fill some of the biggest jobs it has - including the one that now belongs to president and CEO Robert Rabinovitch. He’s due to step down later this year after eight controversial years.
The apparent front-runner to succeed him is Sylvain Lafrance, the current vice-president of French […]

Posted 12 August 2007 † Chris § CBC § canada § appointments ‡ Comments (0)

CBC President parody video taken down by House of Commons

[Via Boing-Boing] The Canadian House of Commons asked YouTube to take down a parody video of Robert Rabinovitch’s testimony to the House. Questions:

why can’t Canadian citizens get the rights to the video of their own representatives?
what on earth did Rabinovitch say that might have been worth parodying?

[Update: the answer to the second question is: nothing.]

Posted 30 May 2007 † Chris § youtube § canada ‡ Comments (1)