Status of Women committee  I'll just be a second, thanks. The program has done nothing but support left-wing radical advocacy groups. It has done a great disservice to the democratic system and has served to ignominiously betray the Canadian taxpayer. Thank you.

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. The court challenges program is an example of government corruption and taxpayer abuse. This conclusion is based on the fact that the program, although entirely funded by the taxpayer, was unaccountable to the public for its financial and oth

Canadian Heritage committee  The first thing is that Canadian culture, it should be reflected, is not wolves leaping over the landscape. Canadian culture is Canadian-produced and has Canadian actors. It does not mean cultures in the sense that you're thinking of French or English. It's simply a question of k

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, the aboriginals, but that is not what they're reflecting at all. They're bringing in American sports. They're bringing in all sorts of other things that are not Canadian. Canadian culture only means, as I say, maintaining the broadcast industry, the producers and the actor

Canadian Heritage committee  Our voting members are women. It's a women's organization, but because we like men, we have them as associate members as well.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm afraid I didn't quite get that correctly from the translator. Could you repeat it, please?

Canadian Heritage committee  I would call us conservative middle-of-the-road people. I'm very quick to call people left-wing, but I like to call us conservative middle-of-the-road people.

Canadian Heritage committee  The dictionary defines feminists as women who want equality legally, politically, and socially, and all women want that, but what we have is something different in Canada. We have the government funding an ideology of a more radical feminist. If I'm a feminist, I want equality, b

Canadian Heritage committee  What happened is noted in my brief, if I can just refer you to it. The whole viewing public has changed in Canada, and the conventional CBC, CTV, and Global networks are no longer where people are looking. They're looking to what are called the specialty channels. It could be on

Canadian Heritage committee  Let me suggest that when it comes to controversial issues, such as same-sex marriage or abortion—

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, he'd give the news, but the commentators they choose are not giving a balanced account to Canadians. When I would hear a news account of some story on CBC 's The World at Six, or whatever that program was, it would just absolutely make my blood run cold, because I'd think,

Canadian Heritage committee  No, it is not contradictory.

Canadian Heritage committee  That poll is one thing. But what are Canadians doing? You're saying Canadian values. Well, Canadians don't all think alike. We're not monolithic. We're all different. Canadians are not watching CBC, because we don't trust it. We don't feel confident, regardless of that poll.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would disagree. Why do they watch Lloyd Robertson on CTV or Global? Why are they popular? Why is our friend Peter Mansbridge not watched by nearly as many Canadians? There must be some reason.

Canadian Heritage committee  That was 25 years ago. I don't think you can say that the CBC is a reflection of Canada and Canadians. If it were, they'd be watching. They wouldn't be looking to CNN for world news. They would be looking to Newsworld, but they're not.