Passing this along from Friends of Canadian Broadcasting

FRIENDS is very concerned to note that Prime Minister Harper has allowed the position of Chair of the CBC Board of Directors to remain vacant for six months since the resignation of the previous Chair, Guy Fournier. In the absence of a new Chair, CBC's lame-duck President Robert Rabinovitch has been serving as interim Chair, as well as CEO - keeping an eye on himself!
http://www.friends.ca/Reform-CBC-appointments
The Chair of CBC's Board of Directors is an extremely important position. We believe that Harper's failure to set in motion a procedure to find a suitable replacement - an eminent Canadian who can oversee Rabinovitch and CBC's management - is a troubling and dangerous sign.
FRIENDS has called on the government to follow the advice of its Heritage Committee and set up a procedure so that nominations for CBC's Board leadership no longer come through prime ministerial patronage but instead from a variety of sources to ensure that the best and brightest Canadians direct our national public broadcaster. That Board should have the authority to hire and if necessary, fire the President.
Please take a moment to send a message to your Member of Parliament asking him or her to take this up with the Prime Minister. You can do so easily by visiting FRIENDS' Web Site Action Centre, where we have prepared a draft message. You can personalize it in a matter of seconds, and doing so will add to the force of your message.
When you visit our Action Centre, you will first be invited to identify yourself and supply your postal code. This information will enable our system to direct your message automatically to your MP:
http://www.friends.ca/Reform-CBC-appointments
Thanks for taking this action. I will keep you updated on the results of this campaign.
Best regards!

Ian Morrison
Spokesperson
FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting