Former anchor Pascale Nadeau reached an amicable settlement with Radio-Canada, whom she was suing in civil court following her stormy departure in the summer of 2021.
Pascale Nadeau, who was on the air at Radio-Canada for 33 years, demanded $350,000 from the public broadcaster, judging among other things that her reputation had been tarnished in what she considered to be a disguised dismissal.
The circumstances which led to the departure of Pascale Nadeau, who had piloted the late evening weekend bulletin for several years, remain unclear to this day. Radio-Canada initially announced that the journalist was retiring. Then, in an open letter published in The sun, Pascale Nadeau rather indicated that she had been pushed towards the exit. She felt she had been the victim of a “disciplinary drift” following an “anonymous” complaint.
Six months before her official departure from Radio-Canada, Pascale Nadeau went on disability leave following an anonymous complaint lodged against her. She never returned to the air afterward. In February 2022, the arbitration tribunal ruled in favor of Radio-Canada, ruling that Pascale Nadeau was not forced to resign.
Then in August 2022, Pascale Nadeau filed this civil suit for $350,000, for which Radio-Canada today announced an amicable settlement. The state-owned company also reached an agreement with the M unionme Nadeau, who had filed grievances on his behalf.
In a brief press release sent Thursday, Radio-Canada announced that the parties would not make any comments.
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