According to Canadian Press, Peter Mansbridge isn’t the only one a little disappointed at CBC’s decision to pre-empt “The National” on Tuesday nights in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.

ACTRA, which is the union which represents Canadian actors and performers calls the move to delay the show in order to simulcast ABC’s “The One,” a “sell-out.”

ACTRA’s national executive director Stephen Waddell, says while he approves of the CBC?s decision to air programming which will appeal to viewers, “but to spend money simulcasting a U.S. talent show in search of ratings and revenue is a sell-out of its mandate as Canada’s national public broadcaster.”

Waddell added the CBC has to start fulfilling its “obligation to promote Canada’s national identity with quality Canadian programming.”

The CBC made the move to simulcast “The One” with the U.S. in hopes of getting a piece of the reality show?s franchise to create “The Canadian One” to air in the 2006-07 season.






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