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CBC/Radio-Canada announced in a statement that it would cut 600 jobs and further eliminate 200 vacant positions amid increased budget pressures forecast for fiscal year 2024-2025.
“CBC/Radio-Canada announced it will be implementing program and job cuts over the next year in order to manage approximately $125 million in budget pressures forecast for the 2024–2025 fiscal year,” the statement said.
The corporation will laying off more than 600 current unionised and non-unionised employees, and will eliminate 200 vacant positions, the statement said.
The English and French language branches will both cut 250 jobs and the remaining hundred will be sourced from the Technology and Infrastructure division, among others, the statement said.
Divisions will begin the reduction in numbers based on business plans and operational requirements and while most will be laid off over a 12-month period, some will be terminated immediately, the statement said.
The corporation will be reducing its English and French programming over the next fiscal year, resulting in a reduction of C$40 million (US$29.5 million) in independent production and program acquisitions, the statement also said.
“This will result in reduced renewals and acquisitions, fewer new television series and episodes of existing shows, as well as fewer digital original series,” the statement added.
CBC/Radio-Canada said that the job cuts were done in a way that maximises the corporation’s flexibility in the event of observing a change in its financial situation over the coming year, according to the statement.
