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A former CBC employee has won a grievance against the national broadcaster after he was fired based on information taken from his private messaging accounts.
According to a document written by arbitrator Lorne Slotnick, journalist Ahmar Khan was fired for leaking insider CBC info to Canadaland and Maclean’s, as well as disparaging management and using a homophobic slur.
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However, the arbitrator ruled in Khan’s favour because the information was gathered when a colleague of Khan’s sifted through months of his private messages after he accidentally stayed logged on a company laptop.