Organization Profile - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Minister of Canadian Heritage

The mandate of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC/Radio Canada) is to inform, enlighten and entertain; to contribute to the development of a shared national consciousness and identity; to reflect the regional and cultural diversity of Canada; and to contribute to the development of Canadian talent and culture. To achieve its mandate, the CBC/Radio Canada produces, procures, and distributes Canadian programming in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages and broadcasts a selection of programs around the world.

Ottawa, Ontario

Broadcasting Act
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-9.01/index.html

There shall be a Board of Directors of the Corporation consisting of twelve directors, including the Chairperson and the President, to be appointed by the GIC, to hold office during good behaviour for a term not exceeding five years and may be removed at any time by the GIC for cause. By statute, the President is full-time and the Chairperson is part-time. The Chairperson and the President are eligible for re-appointment on the expiration of any term of office, but any other director who has served two consecutive terms is not, during the twelve months following the completion of the second term, eligible for reappointment, except as Chairperson or President.  If a director is not appointed to take office on the expiration of the term of an incumbent director, the incumbent director continues in office until a successor is appointed.

A person is not eligible to be appointed or to continue as a director if the person is not a Canadian citizen who is ordinarily resident in Canada or if, directly or indirectly, as owner, shareholder, director, officer, partner or otherwise, the person is engaged in the operation of a broadcasting undertaking; has any pecuniary or proprietary interest in a broadcasting undertaking; or is principally engaged in the production or distribution of program material that is primarily intended for use by a broadcasting undertaking.  A director in whom any such interest vests by will or succession for the director's own benefit shall, within three months thereafter, absolutely dispose of that interest. 

The President is the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

If the President is absent or incapacitated or if the office of President is vacant, the Board may authorize an officer of the Corporation to act as President, but no person so authorized by the Board has authority to act as President for a period exceeding sixty days without the approval of the Governor in Council.

If the Chairperson is absent or incapacitated or if the office of Chairperson is vacant, the President shall act as Chairperson, and if both are absent or incapacitated or if both those offices are vacant, the Board may authorize a director to act as Chairperson, but no person so authorized by the Board has authority to act as Chairperson for a period exceeding sixty days without the approval of the GIC.

A majority of the Directors in office at any time constitutes a quorum of the Board. (By-laws of the Corporation)

By virtue of the Broadcasting Act the Auditor General is the auditor of the Corporation.