OTTAWA — As the federal Liberal government publicly rejected the idea of splitting CBC and Radio-Canada, Canadian Heritage officials pondered whether it was worth exploring, a newly released document shows.

The controversial question was raised when officials prepared a set of worksheets for members of an advisory committee appointed by the former minister to provide input on the future of the public broadcaster.

The document, released to National Post under federal access-to-information legislation, contains around 40 preliminary “discussion questions” that were drafted by officials to “serve as a point of departure for developing these worksheets,” which centred around the themes of CBC/ Radio-Canada’s funding, mandate, and governance.

It contained four “other potential questions,” w

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