Okay.
Evidence of meeting #17 for Canadian Heritage in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was nfb.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #17 for Canadian Heritage in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was nfb.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Assistant Commissioner, National Film Board of Canada
We're not allowed to do any advertising on our NFB website, given our status as an agency, so that's where we have some limitations. But we can partner with other portals that charge, and then we get a share of the revenue. So we have some limitations, given the kind of organization we are.
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Conservative
Mark Adler Conservative York Centre, ON
That leads to my next question.
I'm looking at your website right now, and without making any kind of value judgment I'm curious about how the head of a private foundation ends up on your website, namely David Suzuki. On your education page the David Suzuki movies are being promoted, but also The Test Tube with David Suzuki. How did that end up there? Is the David Suzuki Foundation paying the National Film Board for being there?
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Liberal
Scott Simms Liberal Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL
Mr. Chair, I don't know what that has to do with the 150.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Moore
Mr. Adler, in the remaining minute and a half let's try to focus on Canada's 150th anniversary as much as possible. Maybe that's where you're going with this.
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Conservative
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Assistant Commissioner, National Film Board of Canada
The genesis of what we did with Mr. Suzuki was an interactive project called The Test Tube. It's an interactive work that we developed with the concept of....
The film that was produced was a private sector production funded by Telefilm, the Media Fund, and Entertainment One, eOne, the biggest distribution company in the country. We were a co-producer of that project, a minority co-producer. We have some distribution rights internationally. eOne distributes in Canada. They released the film theatrically last fall, I believe.
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Assistant Commissioner, National Film Board of Canada
No, Test Tube is just an interactive project that—
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Conservative
Mark Adler Conservative York Centre, ON
I'm just curious how that ends up on the.... The film, I understand.
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Assistant Commissioner, National Film Board of Canada
No, it's a project that we developed and produced.
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NDP
Andrew Cash NDP Davenport, ON
Well, he's had a minute and a half, and he hasn't got to 150, so can we move on?
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Conservative
Mark Adler Conservative York Centre, ON
Listen, my constituents would like to know the answers to these questions.
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Conservative
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Moore
Yes.
We usually allow people a good amount of latitude in their questions, especially when we're dealing with crown corporations or departments. Generally, we do want to try to stick to 150, so let's try to get back there if we can.
Mr. Simms, was it the same point you made earlier?
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Liberal
Scott Simms Liberal Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL
I just wanted to get to the point of 150, but I guess he's saying it's for his constituents. I would suggest he write a letter.
9:55 a.m.
Conservative
Mark Adler Conservative York Centre, ON
That might be good enough for your constituents, but mine deserve more than a letter.
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Liberal
Scott Simms Liberal Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL
You said you were going to ask about 150, and you were given a minute and a half and you didn't get to it.
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Conservative