Canadian Heritage committee  Good evening. Thank you for asking this very important question. As I said earlier, this legislation must have an obligation to deliver in relation to the socio‑economic conditions of the artists and artisans represented. Overall, this legislation is quite declaratory. It's ne

Canadian Heritage committee  I thank you for your encouraging words. I say that this role is essential in the sense that the arts and culture community is a pillar within the Canadian francophonie that contributes to ensuring the sustainability of the French language, which we are trying to preserve. As you

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question. I'll talk about the Status of the Artist Act. However, first I want to say that changes must be made to the employment insurance system. Consultations were announced. The FCCF has been involved in them over the past few months. The employment insuran

Canadian Heritage committee  More specifically, the 1980 Belgrade Recommendation and the 2005 UNESCO Convention call on member states to improve artists' professional, social and economic status and ensure the sustainability of the social and economic rights of artists. This is why expanding the safety net t

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. Madam Chair and members of the committee, allow me to begin with the words once spoken by Herménégilde Chiasson, the celebrated Acadian poet, playwright, filmmaker and former lieutenant governor of New Brunswick: To be an artist is to have the courage to invent a w

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd say that discoverability and content development are related to the possibility of finding this content on the platforms. The major online platforms are making efforts. However, I think that close attention must be paid to the original French-language programs available here,

Canadian Heritage committee  It's certainly a concern in terms of the diversity of content.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Ms. McPherson. It's necessary to have a diversity of content. When we say that we want to see and hear each other, this goes to the heart of broadcasting. There must be original French-language productions that feature talent from French-language minority communities.

Canadian Heritage committee  Broadband investments are certainly welcome. I think that we'll see this situation improve over the years. Clearly, people want to consume content online. We're seeing this with younger customers. Canadian francophone youth are no exception. They're also part of this strong trend

Canadian Heritage committee  In terms of the francophone communities in Canada, many people watch content on traditional television, especially since broadband isn't available everywhere. During the pandemic, all these issues made headlines. Some minority communities are unable to access broadband to view th

Canadian Heritage committee  We recommend an explicit reference to language minority communities in section 3, which lists the objectives of the act. Our proposal stems directly from recommendation 53 in the Yale report, which seeks to update the set of objectives arising from the act and to make an explicit

Canadian Heritage committee  I agree with my colleague. It would be somewhat difficult to include quotas in the act. In any event, it would perhaps be a little too rigid, since the legislation isn't often amended. In our opinion, it would be beneficial to clearly state the legislator's intention for the rep

Canadian Heritage committee  Of course, you are alluding to all the tax changes that have to be made because of those players. We have to make sure that the rules of the game are the same. The bill does not solve all those issues, although they were brought up in the Yale report. I feel that the intent is t

Canadian Heritage committee  Let me quickly add two points to the answer. The first concern is that we are not specifically named in the bill. As Mr. Théberge said, some very good collaborative work was done precisely in order to reach a consensus on this issue. Clearly, it must be solved because there is s

Canadian Heritage committee  There are many challenges. In terms of production, very specific commitments have to be made in order to stimulate the production and creation of francophone content in minority situations. We have an ecosystem of artists, technical crews and producers who can certainly produce a