Canada

Understand it he was taking a leave of absence for personal reasons.
Now the CBC has fired him.
If they wanted to protect the CBC they would have remained silent until others had decided his condition.
The government does what it wants and the head of CBC does what the government wants.

CBC’s leaders bring it to the brink of an existential crisis: Burman

If there was any doubt that Canada’s public broadcaster is confronting an unprecedented existential crisis, it vanished Thursday. CBC President Hubert Lacroix unveiled the corporation’s latest five-year plan at a “town hall” meeting of staff in a performance that was as disingenuous as it was depressing.

The CBC’s enemies are not only circling their prey from the outside, including the Conservative government with its unrelenting budget cuts. Its enemies are also working from within. The CBC has a compliant board of directors overwhelmingly stacked with Conservative party donors and a president, also conservative, who appears ready to implement any budget cut in virtual silence.

Lacroix delivered for the government Thursday. Although confirming the CBC will cut up to 1,500 more jobs in the next five years, including CBC’s renowned documentary unit that produced Canada: A People’s History and other groundbreaking programs, he described it as “a good day, it’s an important day. This is a plan that’s going to work.”

But what this “plan” will actually accomplish in the long-term is the burning issue, not only for CBC staff but, more importantly, for Canadians everywhere who value public broadcasting.
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/06/26/cbcs_leaders_bring_it_to_the_brink_of_an_existential_crisis_burman.html

CBC cuts ties with Jian Ghomeshi after receiving “information” about Q host

CBC’s sudden decision to cut ties with star host Jian Ghomeshi came after “information” came to the public broadcasters attention that “precludes us from continuing our relationship,” a senior spokesman told the Star.

What that information is, CBC media relations chief Chuck Thompson said he was not at liberty to say.

“Information came to (CBC’s) attention recently that in CBC’s judgment precludes us from continuing our relationship with Jian Ghomeshi,” Thompson said in an interview.

Ghomeshi stated on his Facebook page Sunday that he was fired because of the risk “of my private sex life being made public as a result of a campaign of false allegations pursued by a jilted ex girlfriend and a freelance writer.”

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/10/26/jian_ghomeshi_no_longer_with_cbc.html