Refine by MP, party, committee, province, or result type.
Canadian Heritage committee The advertising budget of the department is as tiny as the tip of a paperclip. I don't have the exact figure, but I doubt that it has three zeros after a number. What I think you're referring to, if I may interpret your question, is that a lot of those who have appeared here hav
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee Of course, government advertising was an important source of revenue for the media, particularly in local areas. The numbers are there. He says it's gone from $20 million to $1 million. That's probably right. That's what you've been hearing from....
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee It's an issue.
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee It received the same amount as the year before the two programs were merged. Generally speaking, the funding allocated to the two former programs wasn't cut. They were merged, and the same amount was allocated, approximately $75 million.
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee If I may add to the response, the idea of including local news in the tax credit for film and television has also been raised. There again it's a policy decision. News is one of the eleven genres that is not eligible for the tax credit for film and television production, along wi
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee In 2010, the Canada periodical fund resulted from the merger of two existing funds: the Canada magazine fund and the mail subsidy program administered by Canada Post. Prior to that, the Canada Post assistance program totalled $80 million. In the 1980s, the program budget even hit
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee That's a lot of questions. There's certainly one thing for rural communities.... You need the broadband capacity to carry all that volume of news and Netflix and information, and in certain areas it's not obvious that the broadband is there to support this volume. The government
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee As for the factors I mentioned earlier, impacts are being felt in terms of the digital shift, the change in consumer habits, and the flow of advertising revenues all over the globe, as opposed to north of the border. I would say those are the three main factors. Obviously, from
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee One does not exclude the other, but a short answer to your question is that I don't think we're going to go back, so yes, digital is part of the future. There is still a very strong demand for print in community newspapers and some magazines. Yes, digital is now part of the eco
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee He will still have print newspapers.
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee Your question is multifaceted because, in the department—
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee All the ideas that have been presented to you are worthwhile.
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee Yes. That's because it is a thin line between.... I am here to talk facts. We have looked at that proposal, and at all the others, and we are analyzing them just like you are. I would like to bring your attention to the fact that a number of proposals have been made concerning
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee Again, Madam Chair, we have taken note of the proposals that have been put forward and we are analyzing them. The committee's work, your report, the recommendations of the Public Policy Forum and the minister's consultations all contribute to the data we are considering to try to
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier
Canadian Heritage committee It's okay. I will consider things from the perspective of linguistic duality. We currently have tools that support media. There is CBC/Radio-Canada and the Canada Periodical Fund. In the Canada Periodical Fund, which is intended for community magazines and newspapers, according
October 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Jean-François Bernier