For our members, we're noticing an increase in the number of media arts festivals and works being produced by culturally diverse groups. We would love to see a lot more of those works recorded and shown on CBC.
In preparing this brief, I looked at new media as a possible interesting area to look into. I realize that a lot of people are still watching television and listening to the radio, but looking at the various ways for short films and so on to be put online, for example, is something we would love to see happen. Definitely we see a strong role for the CBC in putting those works out among the public, especially for indigenous communities.
One of our regions is the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition, and in that whole area there was a lot of discussion about how successfully the CBC is managing in that whole area. So another investigation might be necessary to look at that question, but absolutely, I think public funding is needed for that to happen.