Veterans Head Advised Not To Give Interviews To CBC During Lockout
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CBC – Denying People Like Myself Access To A Public Institution
The National Council of Veteran
Associations (NCVA) yesterday advised its Chairman Cliff Chadderton of Ottawa, that he should not give interviews to the CBC during the present lockout of its employees.
Chadderton, head of The War Amps and the National Council of Veteran Associations, representing 52 regimental and other associations, was requested by the committee representing the locked out employees to refrain from providing interviews until the work stoppage is resolved.
In a news story published in the Ottawa Citizen today, Chadderton stated that he: blames CBC bosses for the impasse.
He stated that “as long as the lockout continues, I am not in a position
to give interviews.”
Chadderton suggested that the CBC was: “denying people like myself access to a public institution.”
He stated that the lockout was “not your ordinary labour-management
situation” and suggested: “I don’t see any end in sight unless the Government steps in.”
The main reason given for the position of the National Council was that
the CBC has the status of a “national institution.”
Chadderton stated that the CBC had a legislative responsibility to
provide access to public institutions such as the National Council. The
lockout had therefore closed off its role as a means of conveying an important message to its listeners, thus denying The War Amps and other organizations belonging to the NCVA an opportunity to convey their views to Canadians.
The Citizen article stated, “Mr. Chadderton, a Second World war veteran, is hardly an uncritical CBC cheerleader. He is well-known for leading a campaign challenging the series The Valour and the Horror. But he says the CBC is a vital unifying national force and its absence creates a major void.”
@ September 18, 2005