July 27, 2022
The Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) today announced that Michael Serapio, a renowned television anchor whose broadcasting career has spanned more than two decades, has been named CPAC’s English anchor. In addition to being the face of CPAC’s live programming, he will also anchor CPAC’s nightly show, PrimeTime Politics.
The first Filipino-Canadian male to anchor a national newscast in this country, Serapio has been a fixture on Canadian airwaves both in front of and behind the camera for countless big stories and events. His experience will be instrumental in fulfilling CPAC’s mandate of bringing Canadians unfiltered access to the people and events that shape our democracy.
From his early beginnings producing and co-hosting a weekly current affairs program for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, to his recent marathon, unscripted coverage of Ottawa’s convoy demonstrations for a national audience, Serapio has demonstrated an innate ability to tell compelling and engaging stories in real time.
“Michael embodies everything we were looking for in a new anchor. Not only can he effectively explain complex political and policy issues, he thinks quickly on his feet and never gets in the way of the story,” said incoming CPAC President Christa Dickenson. “His deep and varied career in broadcasting and connection to diverse communities in Canada will be assets as he takes the helm this fall.”
Serapio hit the ground running right out of university, quickly rising to lead production roles in Ottawa on major political stories for CTV News, including elections, budgets, leadership conventions and First Ministers’ meetings.
He cut his teeth on air as a reporter in Vancouver, B.C., and returned to Toronto to cover politics before making the leap into the network anchor chair at CBC News Network in 2010. Over more than a decade at the network, he led coverage of everything from royal tours to political events to national tragedies such as the Lac Megantic train disaster.
“It’s a true honour to be joining CPAC and returning to Ottawa to bring viewers a front-row seat to democracy at such a critical time,” said Serapio. “I look forward to doing what I love most about my job — telling the story of Canadian democracy right from the source while reflecting the diverse voices of the country.”
Serapio joins CPAC on August 22, 2022, and will be seen on-air beginning in September.
About CPAC
CPAC, the Cable Public Affairs Channel, is Canada’s only commercial free, privately-owned, not-for-profit, bilingual licensed television service. Created in 1992 by a consortium of cable companies to preserve an unconditionally neutral lens on Canada’s democratic process, CPAC provides viewers from coast to coast to coast with live, uninterrupted proceedings from the House of Commons and the Senate, and a window on politics and public affairs in Canada and around the world.
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