For years, until her unceremonious firing earlier this week , Lisa LaFlamme was a fixture in living rooms across Canada. The abrupt dismissal of one of the country’s most prominent TV anchors — who covered the biggest stories of her time, including elections, wars and natural disasters — has prompted a widespread backlash and a national conversation about sexism and age discrimination in the media.
Lisa LaFlamme was dismissed after a decades-long TV career, not long after she stopped dyeing her hair, setting off debates across Canada about sexism, ageism and going gray.
The chief executive of a Canadian news network pushed back against allegations that sex, age or gray hair were factors in the abrupt dismissal of the veteran journalist, Lisa LaFlamme.
