Thu Oct 5, 2023 – 8:19 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – The head of Canada’s state-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) claimed its employees, in particular its journalists, face rising “threats” to do their job in a “safe” manner but could give no examples of any instances of actual threats made to any reporters.
According to CBC’s CEO Catherine Tait, in her Annual Report sent to Parliament, her network workers “face rising threats to their safety both online and in the field.”
Tait claimed the CBC’s role as a “source of trusted news and supporter of original Canadian stories has never been more important than in today’s increasingly polarized society.”
She noted that members of her news team “are experiencing the impact of this polarization firsthand as they face rising threats to their safety both online and in the field.”
Canada is one of the safest countries in the world for journalists to do their jobs in, according to Reporters Without Borders (RWB).
The most dangerous country in the world for journalists in 2022 was Mexico, followed by Ukraine. A total of 57 journalists have been killed doing their jobs in 2022 alone, with 11 of those
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