Federal government says it never told CBC to cut 3.3 per cent of its budget, as executives claimed

The federal Liberal government is denying that it told CBC/Radio-Canada to cut its budget by 3.3 per cent, despite executives with the public broadcaster insisting that’s part of the reason they’re laying off 10 per cent of their workforce.

The Treasury Board, which oversees spending in the federal budget, said that no such directive was given to the public broadcaster.

“Whatever Radio-Canada and CBC is doing is their decision,” the office of Treasury Board President Anita Anand told The Canadian Press on Wednesday.

President of the Treasury Board Anita Anand speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024.