CBC refuses to take down Quebecor documents

CBC/Radio-Canada does not intend to remove its “What Quebecor won’t tell you about its attacks on the public broadcaster” document from its website, the Crown corporation said Friday. The announcement was made in response to a notice from Quebecor Media Inc., sent last week, demanding that CBC remove the document as well as another, entitled “Examining Quebecor Media’s Free Market Message,” from the site. In its letter, Quebecor challenged the CBC’s statements, deeming some of them false and defamatory. Péladeau appeared before the House of Commons ethics committee on Oct. 20 to discuss access to information requests to the CBC. The company says it believes the CBC published false information with malicious intent. In response to Quebecor’s request to remove the letter, the CBC said the documents were not posted in a malicious manner and do not contain information that is defamatory. “They were simply posted to present the facts to the public,” the CBC said on its website. Sylvie Gadoury, legal counsel at the CBC, said in a letter to Quebecor, posted on the CBC's website, that the documents were not posted in a malicious manner, nor were they posted to interfere with Quebecor’s testimony before the parliamentary committee. She added that should Quebecor seek further legal action against the corporation, “the matter would be considered unfounded, and vigorously challenged.”

CBC refuses to take down Quebecor documents

Brief | October 28, 2011

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