Catherine Tait staying on to lead CBC/Radio Canada — but with a shorter second mandate

Catherine Tait, president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, will keep her job for the next 18 months as the government begins the process of picking a permanent replacement to lead the public broadcaster.

Tait, who has led the service through a tumultuous time, will stay on until January 2025. Tait’s first five-year term officially ends in July.

The shorter second mandate gives the government “a bridge to get us through the independent open process we need to run, just like 2017,” a senior government source told CBC News, referring to the independent advisory committee that chose Tait.

The previous committee was chaired by former television journalist Tom