The verdict? Paid speaking gigs, 1 event. CBC journalists speaking/moderating/panelists/hosting etc. for free at community & national events of all kinds right across the country, 58 events. That’s the way it should be!
But I still haven’t received an answer from CBC management to the question I asked a month ago: will Amanda Lang be paid as featured speaker at a conference of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada in June in Niagara Falls? It’s an organization that proudly states its goal of lobbying governments for the commercial benefit of the association’s members.
If permission for this one is “grandfathered in” … well, it will be a sad day.