Canadian Heritage committee  They are currently expanding broadband capabilities into the communities. As for why Bell Canada has yet to release the potential of its Internet satellite, which as I mentioned was released several years ago, is something that you'd have to ask Bell. I look at it from this point of view: Would it be cheaper for CBC to set up, in terms of infrastructure, Radio-Canada in the Northwest Territories, or would it be cheaper for them to configure it to be on the Internet once broadband came about?

Canadian Heritage committee  You're going to raise an old scar in me. Far too many technologists, just because they have a degree from the University of Waterloo in computer engineering or software engineering, happen to believe they're designers as well. They're programmers. They don't know the first thing about design.

Canadian Heritage committee  They may not have been notified. They might not even be interested.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, what I would say is that if the CBC doesn't adapt to and present new technology, it will become irrelevant. It's a subtle difference, I suspect. Most anybody now can put together a web page. If we suddenly get this increased processing power and the bandwidth to go with it, we can have Iqaluit broadcasting their own Internet television.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think journalists have done themselves a great disservice. I get a bit upset with them, but I won't completely impinge their reputations; a large part of it has to be the organizations they write for. We just had the Supreme Court justice come out and say that litigation is far too expensive in Canada.

Canadian Heritage committee  Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I was informed that this would be a drop-in thing, so I didn't actually prepare a formal presentation; my apologies. I have also been informed, by the young lady who invited me, that I'm to keep this brief. I was reading today that Intel is about to release a new chip.