Wildfires show why CBC needs public safety mandate: researcher
CANADA, JUL 16 – McGill report highlights misinformation risks during wildfires and urges CBC to formalize emergency information transmission to improve public safety and crisis response.
- A report released July 16, 2025, by McGill University researcher Jessica Johnson calls for adding public safety to CBC/Radio-Canada's mandate amid Canadian wildfires.
- This call follows increasing wildfires that displaced thousands and widespread misinformation online falsely claiming evacuations were hoaxes, which endangers lives.
- Johnson highlights CBC's key role in local emergency communication and suggests partnering with independent journalists, a model already used in Britain.
- Johnson highlighted that false information spreading online claiming an emergency is fake and evacuation is unnecessary endangers lives, underscoring the essential role of media.
- The report calls for the inclusion of formal crisis management within CBC’s responsibilities and welcomes recent initiatives by the CRTC aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of Canada’s emergency notification framework in response to evolving public safety challenges.
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Wildfires show why CBC needs public safety mandate, McGill research centre says
The wildfires that are flaring up across Canada again are one of the reasons public safety should be added to CBC/Radio-Canada's mandate, a new report from a research centre at McGill University argues.
Forest fires across Canada are one reason why public safety should be added to CBC/Radio-Canada's mandate, according to a new report published by a research centre at McGill University.
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Wildfires show why CBC needs public safety mandate: researcher
OTTAWA - The wildfires that are flaring up across Canada again are one of the reasons public safety should be added to CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate, a new report from a research
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