Official Languages committee  Yes. We are in the process of reorganizing everything related to sports. I find that very positive. Indeed, at Sylvain's instigation, we have decided to restore the sports service and to use it to redefine Radio-Canada's sports mission as a whole. As Sylvain likes to say, we are

Official Languages committee  First of all, I am making the commitment today, in front of you, to never develop any strategy when I'm sitting alone in my office. I have worked too closely with regional resources within Radio-Canada, and for too long--25 years--to not appreciate and understand the value there.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Godin, we have taken concrete measures in that regard. Since January, we have had a manager of special assignments who is from the regions. This is an individual who has worked in Western Canada, who is very sympathetic to regional needs, and who knows the country's demograph

Official Languages committee  To be honest, there are more than that. Having said that, you are right to point out that we must make a special effort. We have talked a great deal about news, but we can also talk about culture with Christiane. Ours is not an exact science; it's not easy. Objectivity is a comp

Official Languages committee  We have every reason to believe that this will work because we've been rehearsing it on paper for some months now. We have concrete examples. When we quite appropriately cover the softwood issue, just as the news is breaking, that necessarily has an impact on what you're going to

Official Languages committee  And that does not include investments by RDI, which has invested almost $6 million in the regions. So, if you add that 60 per cent to the RDI portion--since we are required to account for RDI separately--you arrive at quite a considerable sum of money.

Official Languages committee  As for the costs, this repositioning is being carried out using RDI's investment budget. It will lead to greater synergy with all of Radio-Canada's other resources in the regions, in both radio and television. It is important that we return to the kind of logic that was followed

Official Languages committee  I would just like to add that every time an objective study is carried out, that is indeed the conclusion that is reached. Of course, we live in an age of instant access to information and instant impressions, and that's always dangerous. In that respect, I believe we have to be

Official Languages committee  I'd just like to talk about platforms and regional bases. Francophone listeners, whether they're in the Atlantic provinces or Western Canada, must receive proper services. That is the challenge for us, but I think we are on the right track. The action is not only occurring in one

Official Languages committee  That is, indeed, a CRTC licence condition that we intend to abide by. As a result, we have decided to change the current formula, under which every region had a very specific time slot, in favour of a more flexible arrangement, in order to avoid precisely what you have talked abo

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Sylvain. First allow me to briefly explain the context over the last two years or so as we developed our new positioning. Like everybody, we had noticed the news environment had changed a lot. We were facing new competition from other TV outlets, but also new media p