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==Legal cases==

==Legal cases==

In 2019 during that year's Canadian federal election, the CBC filed a lawsuit, which then included network reporter Rosemary Barton (who claimed at the time to be "non-partisan") as a co-plaintiff, against the Conservative Party for its limited use of CBC news footage in campaign ads for the election; Barton was later dropped as a co-plaintiff in the suit after photos of Barton taking selfies with Trudeau surfaced on social media, which led to calls for the defunding of the CBC for the exposure of its blatant pro-Liberal Party bias.<ref>[https://www.rebelnews.com/rebel_visits_the_cbc_why_did_they_drop_the_rosemary_barton_lawsuit_against_the_conservatives Rebel visits the CBC: Why did they drop the Rosemary Barton lawsuit against the Conservatives?] at Rebel News</ref>  When then-Rebel News reporter Keean Bexte tried speaking with several CBC employees at the Corporation's Toronto headquarters regarding the Barton lawsuit, most publicly denied knowledge of the suit or refused to comment and walked away (though it was later revealed that CBC President/CEO Catherine Tait had earlier sent an internal e-mail to employees about the suit); the only employee to speak to Bexte (who showed up only after Bexte sent a tweet to Tait about the suit, inviting her to speak to him) was Chuck Thompson, the CBC's English Services head of public affairs, who said that the CBC had issued a public statement regarding the suit but could not officially comment further until after the election.  Bexte also noted that if Barton willingly agreed to be a part of the lawsuit against the Conservatives, it would completely compromise her news reporting with the CBC going forward, but if she had not agreed to join the suit, he said that Barton should then resign from the CBC and file suit against it due to damage to her reputation; as of 2021, Barton is still employed by the CBC.

In 2019 during that year's Canadian federal election, the CBC filed a lawsuit, which then included network reporter Rosemary Barton (who claimed at the time to be "non-partisan") as a co-plaintiff, against the Conservative Party for its limited use of CBC news footage in campaign ads for the election; Barton was later dropped as a co-plaintiff in the suit after photos of Barton taking selfies with Justin Trudeau surfaced on social media, which led to calls for the defunding of the CBC for the exposure of its blatant pro-Liberal Party bias.<ref>[https://www.rebelnews.com/rebel_visits_the_cbc_why_did_they_drop_the_rosemary_barton_lawsuit_against_the_conservatives Rebel visits the CBC: Why did they drop the Rosemary Barton lawsuit against the Conservatives?] at Rebel News</ref>  When then-Rebel News reporter Keean Bexte tried speaking with several CBC employees at the Corporation's Toronto headquarters regarding the Barton lawsuit, most publicly denied knowledge of the suit or refused to comment and walked away (though it was later revealed that CBC President/CEO Catherine Tait had earlier sent an internal e-mail to employees about the suit); the only employee to speak to Bexte (who showed up only after Bexte sent a tweet to Tait about the suit, inviting her to speak to him) was Chuck Thompson, the CBC's English Services head of public affairs, who said that the CBC had issued a public statement regarding the suit but could not officially comment further until after the election.  Bexte also noted that if Barton willingly agreed to be a part of the lawsuit against the Conservatives, it would completely compromise her news reporting with the CBC going forward, but if she had not agreed to join the suit, he said that Barton should then resign from the CBC and file suit against it due to damage to her reputation; as of 2021, Barton is still employed by the CBC.

On May 13, 2021, the CBC had ''Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v. Conservative Party of Canada'',<ref>[https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisions/en/item/496993/index.do ''Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v. Conservative Party of Canada'']</ref> a copyright infringement claim it filed against the Conservatives regarding the latter's use of CBC news footage of Justin Trudeau in campaign ads the party produced for the 2019 election in which the ads criticized Trudeau, his record as Prime Minister and the scandals he and his Liberals were mired in at the time, rejected by the Federal Court on the grounds that the Conservatives' use of CBC footage in their ads constituted "fair dealing" (the Canadian legal term for [[fair use]]).<ref>[https://www.rebelnews.com/cbc_loses_copyright_claim_against_conservatives_in_federal_court CBC loses copyright claim against Conservatives in federal court] at Rebel News</ref>  In response to the dismissal of the CBC's claim, Conservative Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre commented on Twitter, criticizing the CBC for its biased election coverage, adding that the CBC should apologize for filing the suit and reveal how much the Corporation charged Canadian taxpayers for doing so, then also called for the CBC to be defunded.<ref>[https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1392885889202851842 Pierre Poilievre: "CBC was supposed to cover the Conservative Party fairly during the election"] at Twitter</ref>

On May 13, 2021, the CBC had ''Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v. Conservative Party of Canada'',<ref>[https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisions/en/item/496993/index.do ''Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v. Conservative Party of Canada'']</ref> a copyright infringement claim it filed against the Conservatives regarding the latter's use of CBC news footage of Trudeau in campaign ads the party produced for the 2019 election in which the ads criticized Trudeau, his record as Prime Minister and the scandals he and his Liberals were mired in at the time, rejected by the Federal Court on the grounds that the Conservatives' use of CBC footage in their ads constituted "fair dealing" (the Canadian legal term for [[fair use]]).<ref>[https://www.rebelnews.com/cbc_loses_copyright_claim_against_conservatives_in_federal_court CBC loses copyright claim against Conservatives in federal court] at Rebel News</ref>  In response to the dismissal of the CBC's claim, Conservative Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre commented on Twitter, criticizing the CBC for its biased election coverage, adding that the CBC should apologize for filing the suit and reveal how much the Corporation charged Canadian taxpayers for doing so, then also called for the CBC to be defunded.<ref>[https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1392885889202851842 Pierre Poilievre: "CBC was supposed to cover the Conservative Party fairly during the election"] at Twitter</ref>

==See also==

==See also==