Future of Public Broadcasting - President Lacroix of CBC to Speak March 30, 2009

Couchiching Ottawa Round Table

The Future of Public Broadcasting in Canada

With HUBERT T. LACROIX, President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada

Monday, March 30, 2009
7:00–9:30 pm
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
2600–160 Elgin Street
Ottawa

CIPA is pleased to announce that its next Ottawa Roundtable will focus on the future of public broadcasting in Canada. Set in the context of the current global economic circumstances, the deepening of the electronic age, changing demographic patterns, and the current political climate, the evening will focus on the current and evolving role of Canada’s national public broadcaster. Leading the discussion will be Mr. Hubert T. Lacroix, President and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada. Prof. Christopher Waddell, Carty Chair in Business and Financial Journalism at Carleton University and former parliamentary bureau chief for CBC Television News, will serve as moderator.

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Details and registration are here.

There will be lots of opportunity to ask questions.

+ Wine and cheese.

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