Government of Canada Announces Appointment to the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors

Government of Canada Announces Appointment to the CBC/Radio-Canada Board of Directors


OTTAWA, June 26, 2012 /CNW/ - The Honourable James Moore, Minister of
Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today announced the
appointment of Rémi Racine as Chairperson of the CBC/Radio-Canada Board
of Directors for a term of five years.



"I am pleased that Mr. Racine has accepted to serve as Chairperson of
the Board of Directors," said Minister Moore. "His service as a member
of this board for the last several years and extensive experience in
business and administration will be of great benefit to
CBC/Radio-Canada."



Mr. Racine was first appointed as a member of the CBC/Radio-Canada Board
of Directors on October 12, 2007, and was reappointed for a second
four-year term on December 1, 2011. Since 1999, he has been Chairperson
of the Board, President and Executive Producer of Behaviour Interactive
(formerly A2M), a leading independent video game developer in Canada
and an award-winning interactive multimedia business. Mr. Racine holds
a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Université du
Québec à Montréal.



CBC/Radio-Canada is the national public broadcaster and one of Canada's
largest cultural institutions. It offers regionally and culturally
diverse programming by, for, and about Canadians, in English and French
across the country, in eight Aboriginal languages across the North, and
in some languages internationally. The Corporation strives to make
Canadian content available when, where, and how Canadians want it: on
radio, television, satellite, Internet, and emerging digital platforms.
For more information, visit www.cbc.ca.


SOURCE Canadian Heritage

Canadian Heritage

CONTACT: For more information (media only), please contact: Sebastien Gariepy
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
819-997-7788 (This news release is available on the Internet at www.canadianheritage.gc.ca under Newsroom)


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