Bell (who owns CP24) is reducing its workforce by 4,800 employees (9%)....they better not give any of our CP24 Hotties the pink slip! Otherwise, we are going to have organize a letter writing campaign!
They would be very dumb to fire any of the ladies they have at CP24. Right now, they have achieved the nearly impossible ... having a ecclectic mix of female reporters who are ALL attractive (to varying degrees) and most who are good at their jobs. Women ranging from thick to thin body types, from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Something for any male viewer to like.
Furthermore, female reporters will pull in and retain viewers because men tend to be very drawn to physically appealing women and will watch just BECAUSE of that attractiveness. I have found myself watching CP for hours (if not watching intently, then at least keeping the TV on the channel) JUST BECAUSE Beatrice or Kayla or Lindsay etc was reading the news. If it's one of the males reading the news, I'm changing the channel as soon as I have caught up on news (sometimes I even just change it immediately). Male reporters won't bring in or retain viewers because women typically won't watch only because they find a male anchor attractive since they are not typically as physically driven as men.
I say all of that to say, if they were to fire any reporter, it makes the most business sense to get rid of a male (won't be Nick nor Bakari, those two are very valuable) because females have the added benefit of potentially bringing in and retaining more viewers. Look at TSN (also Bell owned), Lindsay Hamilton, Sarah Nicole Davis, Marissa Roberto, Kara Wagland, Kate Bierness, Laura Diakun etc are all way more valuable than any of their male sportscasters (except for Jay Onrait). The only males there have very specific roles (Mark Roe is their tennis expert, Cory reads 6pm news, Glen is their fill-in king, Jermaine pairs well with Sarah etc) but on their own, can't bring in the viewership that Lindsay, Sarah & Kara can when they are on. When they (rarely) go with a sausage fest (two male anchors), I don't even watch! That's why TSN almost always has at least one female anchor on when there are two anchors.
Bottom line, Hot Women on TV is great for business. Point blank.