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Information & Ethics committee ...of a systemic nature. It may not be a black hole It may be all the information....
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
Information & Ethics committee I think it depends on your world view. If you accept the premise that the existing model of the CBC is viable, that you should have a hybrid organization that bids on the Olympics, that bids on NHL hockey games, that competes for commercial audiences, and that runs American movies, and that it will be a commercial operation and the taxpayers will give it $1.16 billion, then you don't want to screw it up by forcing it to disclose proprietary information, that is, how much it's paying Peter Mansbridge or how much it's paying Strombo.
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
Information & Ethics committee I think when you appeal to the Information Commissioner and you get a positive ruling, and they still refuse to acknowledge it, and it has nothing to do with any of their journalistic integrity or programming or any of their exemptions, then you can draw the conclusion that trying to get information from them is a big waste of time.
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
Information & Ethics committee It's definitely on the list of things that many of our supporters believe should be....
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
Information & Ethics committee When I thought about this visit, I honestly didn't consult the last survey as far as the funding goes. It's up there. It's in the top twenty, I would say.
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
Information & Ethics committee No, we did one and appealed it to the Information Commissioner. We won, and they still refused to comply.
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
Information & Ethics committee No, we file hundreds of these things, and we don't specifically target the CBC. The CBC isn't a big project of ours.
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
Information & Ethics committee No, I think that's ludicrous. Obviously programming is a commodity that has to be paid for somehow, just like anything else, either through subscriptions or advertising. If a broadcaster incorporates, gets a licence, begins broadcasting, presents programming to the public, and arranges with cable providers or satellite providers or over-the-air providers, or whomever, to get the signal into people's homes, that's just a commercial transaction.
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
Information & Ethics committee About half a dozen.
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
Information & Ethics committee The last two or three years, I'd say.
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
Information & Ethics committee I don't believe any of them have been fulfilled.
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas
Information & Ethics committee CBC has advantages and disadvantages. One of the advantages it has is the $1.16 billion head start it has on its competitors by way of public subsidy. That's a big advantage. The entire budget for some of these other channels is like a rounding error on the CBC's budget. You could run--
October 18th, 2011Committee meeting
Gregory Thomas