David Bazay
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David Bazay (July 12, 1939 – October 30, 2005) was a Canadian journalist for the CBC and later the English language ombudsman. He was supposed to retire in November 2005 and succeeded by Vincent A. Carlin. He is survived by his wife and two children.
He was born in Winnipeg in 1939 and grew up in Elma, Manitoba. Bazay joined the CBC in 1972 as a TV producer in Montreal and Vancouver. He became the CBC's Paris correspondent and national correspondent in Quebec. In 1993 he became Chief Editor of the CBC English language news. He became the English network's ombudsman in 1995.
The role of the CBC's two ombudsman is to ensure the network "is fully committed to maintaining accuracy, integrity and fairness in its journalism"
He died in Toronto and the cause of death remains undetermined at this time.
