Ottawa Adds Funding to CBC, Despite Executives’ Claims It Was Asked to Cut Its Budget

The CBC logo is projected onto a screen during the CBC's annual upfront presentation at The Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, on May 29, 2019. The Canadian Press/Tijana Martin

Canada’s public broadcaster is getting an increase in funding, despite executives’ claims that they were asked to cut its budget for the next fiscal year.

Documents from the Heritage Department show CBC will get a $1.4-billion budget in 2024-25, an increase from the $1.3 billion it spent in the previous fiscal year.