Conservatives call for investigation into CBC after journalist resigns over ‘performative diversity, tokenism’
2025/07/11 2 Comments
Interesting that Dhanraj represented by right leaning activist lawyer Marshall:
The Conservative party is calling for a parliamentary committee to investigate the CBC after journalist Travis Dhanraj resigned over the public broadcaster’s alleged “performative diversity, tokenism, a system designed to elevate certain voices and diminish others.”
Dhanraj was the host of Canada Tonight: With Travis Dhanraj on CBC. But he resigned on Monday, involuntarily, he says, because the CBC “has made it impossible for me to continue my work with integrity.”
“I have been systematically sidelined, retaliated against, and denied the editorial access and institutional support necessary to fulfill my public service role,” he wrote in his resignation letter. “I stayed as long as I could, but CBC leadership left me with no reasonable path forward.”
On Wednesday, Rachel Thomas, an Alberta Conservative member of Parliament, wrote a letter to the chair of the House of Commons standing committee on Canadian heritage, saying that Dhanraj’s claims have “reignited concerns about the organization’s workplace culture.”
The letter calls on the chair, Ontario Liberal MP Lisa Hepfner, to recall the committee.
“It is critical that we hear testimony from Mr. Dhanraj, CBC executives and Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Steven Guilbeault,” the letter states.
Kathryn Marshall, Dhanraj’s lawyer, told National Post in an interview that they welcome the attempt to recall the committee for hearings….
About Andrew
Multicultural Meanderings 
What I find a bit strange is that the Conservative letter was sent to the Chair, not the Clerk of the Committee. If the Clerk of the committee receives a request signed by four members of the committee, a meeting must be convened within five days. There is no such requirement if the letter goes to the Chair. I wonder if the Conservatives actually want to meet in the summertime, or if they would prefer to get this issue on the record but meet in the fall.
Hadn’t thought of that. So more virtue signalling than substantive?