Former host Pascale Nadeau reached an amicable settlement with Radio-Canada, which sued her in civil court following her stormy exit in the summer of 2021. Pascale Nadeau, who worked at the public broadcaster’s antenna for 33 years, demanded $350,000 from him. She judged, among other things, that his reputation had been damaged by what she considered a constructive dismissal.
The circumstances that led to the departure of Pascale Nadeau, who was in charge of the late evening weekend bulletin for several years, remain unclear.
Radio-Canada initially announced that the journalist was retiring. Then, in an open letter published in Le Soleil, Pascale Nadeau rather hinted that she had been kicked out: she felt she had been the victim of a “disciplinary distraction” as a result of an “anonymous” complaint.
Six months before her official departure from Radio-Canada, Pascale Nadeau had actually gone on disability leave after a complaint was filed against her; The journalist never returned to the air after that. In February 2022, an arbitration panel ruled in favor of Radio-Canada, ruling that Pascale Nadeau had not been forced to resign.
Then, in August 2022, Mr. Nadeau filed this civil lawsuit for $350,000, for which Radio-Canada announced an amicable settlement today. The state-owned company also reached an agreement with Ms. Nadeau’s union, which had filed grievances on her behalf.
In a brief press release sent Thursday, Radio-Canada said the parties would have no comment.