‘Playing with fire’: Tony Manera recalls pushback during sovereignty debate

In an excerpt from his forthcoming memoirs, former CBC/Radio-Canada president Tony Manera recounts his experience at the public broadcaster ahead of the 1995 Quebec referendum.

Former CBC head Tony Manera writes that he took on the role at the request of then-prime minister Jean Chrétien, but resigned a year later after budget cuts were deeper than what was promised. Handout photograph and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TONY MANERA

March 4, 2026

In his Feb. 24, column, Andrew Caddell referenced an excerpt from my upcoming memoirs, Je m՚en souviens,...

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