Parks Canada paid CBC for coverage of Franklin search

OTTAWA ? Only in the whacky world of the government would it make sense for one government agency to pay a Crown corporation money to do the job that they are already funded to do.

But that's what happens here in official Ottawa.

Last year, Parks Canada was headed to Arctic waters to look for the sunken ships of the ill-fated Franklin expedition. Sounds like a great story, the kind lots of Canadians and lots of Canadian broadcasters would be interested in.

But Parks Canada struck a secret deal with CBC to grant it the exclusive rights to the search and then paid CBC to take those broadcast rights.

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Source: http://www.lfpress.com/2013/09/20/parks-canada-paid-cbc-for-coverage-of-franklin-search

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