It’s not just Catherine Tait and Michel Bissonnette who benefit from the business class among senior executives at Radio-Canada/CBC when they are called upon to travel outside the country.
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Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Claude Galipeau, was also able to cross the Atlantic by avoiding the economic section, show expense reports consulted by The newspaper.
Claude Galipeau
Photo CBC/Radio-Canada
In September 2019, a trip to Helsinki and Amsterdam to attend a conference of international public broadcasters cost more than $6,500 in airfare.
In November 2021, he went to the Frankfurt Book Fair: his plane ticket cost more than $3,000.
In June 2022, he flew to London and Frankfurt with air tickets priced at $6,175.
In March 2023, Mr. Galipeau returned to Frankfurt and his plane ticket cost him more than $3,300.
In total, he spent almost $19,000 on his flights abroad.