CBC'S six-figure FAT CATS exposed by taxpayer advocates
More than 1,600 CBC employees are pulling down over $100,000 a year.
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So, remember when CBC cried poor and begged Canadians for another few hundred million in taxpayer bailouts? When their journalists moaned about “disinformation” while quietly cashing some of the fattest paycheques in the industry?
MUST WATCH: @kris_sims of @taxpayerDOTcom scorches the CBC at the Heritage Committee:
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) December 2, 2024
"We are here to speak for 1000s of hardworking taxpayers who want to defund the CBC."
"Nearly nobody is watching it and journalists should not be paid by the govt." pic.twitter.com/i5JMCSs3qR
Well, surprise surprise—it turns out the state broadcaster isn’t exactly running lean.
Thanks to new records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, we now know that more than 1,600 CBC employees—producers, directors, managers, and bureaucrats—are pulling down over $100,000 a year. That includes:
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493 producers
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86 executive producers
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277 senior managers
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124 directors
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28 executive directors
And that’s not even counting the 130 “advisors,” 81 “analysts,” and 120 “hosts”—all making six figures while crying that independent media like ours are a threat to “democracy.”
Cut CBC's bureaucratic bloat!
— Franco Terrazzano (@franco_nomics) July 30, 2025
CBC has more than 780 producers, 450 managers, 250 directors, 100 advisors, 80 analysts and a bunch of other bureaucrats paid more than $100,000.
CBC is pretty much what you’d expect a news station to look like if it were run by the government. pic.twitter.com/GbHPOg1ws5
The CBC isn’t just bloated—it’s morbidly obese with bureaucracy. A publicly funded empire of suits managing other suits, all while CBC ratings tank and trust plummets.
Canadians are skipping meals, skipping vacations, and struggling to pay rent… meanwhile, the CBC is handing out six-figure salaries like Halloween candy.
GUEST: Kris Sims of the CTF on the CBC's cushy club.
COMMENTS
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-07-31 23:41:25 -0400The more I hear about Ottawa, the more I want Alberta to separate and be its own country. We can’t win as long as we’re treated as a colony of Onterrible and Queerbec. It’s not 1867 anymore.
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Paul Scofield commented 2025-07-31 12:35:26 -0400Great guest, Sheila! Should Alberta make the break, Ms. Sims would be an excellent Minister of Revenue, Director of Taxation, or whatever you guys choose to call the position/portfolio in your new nation. -
Gerald Brown followed this page 2025-07-31 11:29:43 -0400
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Robert Pariseau commented 2025-07-30 21:00:15 -0400“Electoral candy” is not a term for nothing.
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Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2025-07-30 20:53:39 -0400Can anyone show me a Crown corporation where there aren’t lavish salaries and bonuses?
