The president of CBC and Radio-Canada signalled that she will recommend bonuses are rolled out to executives this year, despite plans to cut 10 per cent of the workforce.

Using the example of British and French colonialism, Catherine Tait warned that a foreign company taking up an increasingly larger role in a country's cultural industry comes with a price.

Heritage Minister Melanie Joly will make the appointment of Catherine Tait official in an announcement this morning on Parliament Hill.