Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, and we also have local stations we use to create local production that is also broadcast on the entire network.

Canadian Heritage committee  News and information or public service shows.

Canadian Heritage committee  We've been saying that conventional television was not going well, it was broke. TQS in Quebec went bankrupt. CTV and Global certainly have some challenges in front of them. Will we be forced, for evidence of the problem of conventional television, to see the network die, or go b

Canadian Heritage committee  We're ready to invest in conventional television—and it's related to the discussion we had around the Canadian Television Fund—only if we have the capacity to get those rights other than on conventional television. Unfortunately, the system was built such that to be able to have

Canadian Heritage committee  No. We're saying we should have fee-for-carriage for conventional television.

Canadian Heritage committee  We've been loud and clear in front of the commission about the regulations. Again, this industry has been regulated since its inception. We now live in an environment where consumers and citizens have many other alternative choices, which was not the case previously. Recognizing

Canadian Heritage committee  One good example we can mention is what I referred to earlier in my presentation, about Star Académie, which is the biggest show right now on television. To be able to invest the amount of money we've been investing in this show, which offers the chance to talk about Canadian cul

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we mentioned that we were looking to have more drastic solutions. The point we made in front of the Canadian Television Fund and the CRTC is that we would be ready to invest a dollar more of our actual contribution to the Canadian Television Fund if we had the right to use t

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, adding conventional television that is strong, alive and kicking, will certainly have important impacts on local information. If the networks are dying, there is not going to be any local at all, because conventional television right now is the only piece of the puzzle or p

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm sorry, but I don't know what you're referring to, because we don't have any local station in Hamilton, or—

Canadian Heritage committee  In Hamilton? I'm sorry, sir, but I don't have any clue what you're asking about.

Canadian Heritage committee  What was your question, sir?

Canadian Heritage committee  At this stage, there are no such rules. There are no details about who is going to sit around the table.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, but probably that's because there were too many previously.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, and we have the right to be there because we're one of the biggest contributors of Canadian programming.