Bell CEO summoned to committee over job cuts after not finding time to appear

Members of Parliament have summoned the pinnacle of Bell Canada to testify subsequent month concerning the firm’s resolution to chop 1000’s of jobs throughout the nation.

CEO Mirko Bibic was initially invited to look earlier than the Canadian Heritage committee on Feb. 29 after which March 19, however MPs say he has thus far been unable to attend.

Last week, in a closed-door assembly, the committee agreed to summon Bibic to look on April 11 to reply questions and talk about the cuts.

When a witness declines an invite to look, a committee might situation a summons to compel their attendance.

Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., the guardian firm of Bell Media, introduced in February it was chopping its workforce by 4,800 positions, together with ending a number of tv newscasts and promoting off 45 of its 103 radio stations.

The firm blamed the cuts on the federal authorities and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, saying Ottawa took too lengthy to supply aid to media corporations in disaster.