Tories Suggest CBC Could Get a Third of Google’s $100M Annual Payout

Tories Suggest CBC Could Get a Third of Google’s $100M Annual Payout
People walk toward the CBC building in Toronto in a file photo. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
Noé Chartier
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Conservative Party MP Rachel Thomas has expressed concerns that public broadcaster CBC could receive the lion’s share of Google’s $100 million annual payment to Canadian media while smaller publishers see few benefits from the deal.

Ms. Thomas, who serves as her party’s heritage critic, says she assumes CBC could be receiving $33 million based on the fact that the public broadcaster employs a third of journalists in Canada.