Information & Ethics committee  I was not aware of that information. I was not aware of this information, but certainly there is no doubt that we would rule from what the CRTC asks; there is no doubt about this. And I guess that you know we are probably in the process of doing so.

Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely. We've been sending requests to all public corporations. This is what the media business is all about, and we will continue to do so. We have a duty to inform Canadians about this.

Information & Ethics committee  Since they have not been under the Access to Information Act, Radio-Canada and CBC certainly have been seeing a lot of requests because they've been underaccountable for so long. Therefore they should not be surprised. The fact that they were not prepared we found surprising. Th

Information & Ethics committee  As I was with your colleague, I am a bit surprised by what you are asking me. It may have to do with how you see things, but I think it is leading to some confusion. Everything is getting mixed up. The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is being mixed up with CBC/Radio-Canada

Information & Ethics committee  Again, they've been trying to create a lot of confusion regarding what this public money is all about. How can you really compare a parliamentary credit of $1.1 billion with any other kind of public money that private companies would receive or be entitled to? There is no such th

Information & Ethics committee  I don't run a poll company. I would ask my friend Jean-Marc Léger, who sits on the board of fondation de l'entrepreneurship, which I'm chairing, but I'm not an expert there.

Information & Ethics committee  It accounts for 45% of the capital.

Information & Ethics committee  That's a public piece of information known to almost everyone following this matter.

Information & Ethics committee  We disclose our results every quarter. We are subject to disclosure rules. We have always fulfilled that obligation. Quebecor has been a public company since 1972. So, in that regard, I don't think we need anyone's advice. We have always done our job as far as accountability and

Information & Ethics committee  Listen, I am a bit surprised here. That is your interpretation, and obviously, I don't quite share it. I am extremely surprised to hear all this talk of attacking CBC/Radio-Canada and running a smear campaign against them. The fact of the matter is that the broadcaster's Vice-Pre

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not a member of Parliament, so I will not make any comments on legislation. But as a member of senior executive of a media company--and I mentioned it in my presentation--everyone will say that media are a strong and probably unavoidable pillar of democracy. I did a little b

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know what to answer to this. You're asking me if I find this natural or--

Information & Ethics committee  As I mentioned, I think it's pretty strange that they're dropping this kind of information a few hours before I'm in front of you. So I guess it's probably to be able to feed some of the friends of CBC/Radio-Canada. Again, you know, the information that has been mentioned in this

Information & Ethics committee  Again, I'm not a politician. I have my own opinion and I will keep it for me. But as a manager, I think what we've been seeing is that CBC/Radio-Canada have been using retaliation measures against us because we've been critical. The best evidence of that is that before they were

Information & Ethics committee  Why would I do that?