OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada is going to court to defend its refusal to disclose subscriber numbers for its Gem streaming service.

The move comes after the information commissioner ordered CBC to make available the number of paid subscribers to Gem.

A CBC spokesperson said the public broadcaster believes the information commissioner's interpretation of the law is wrong.

"We will make our case in our filing with the Federal Court and let the court decide," Leon Mar said in an email.

Matt Malone, an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa, first asked for the information in an access-to-information request.

When CBC refused, citing exemptions for programming activities and information that could harm its competitive position, Malone appealed to the federal information commissioner.

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