Evidence of meeting #23 for Canadian Heritage in the 39th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was violent.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Bloc
Luc Malo Bloc Verchères—Les Patriotes, QC
Mr. Chair. I would like to go round the table once last time. I would like to know what your favourite television show is, and why.
You can start, Noémie.
As an Individual
I like Les Frères Scott, which is One Tree Hill in English. I do not know why I like it. It is about older kids and I just like that.
As an Individual
I don't really have a favourite show, but in general I mostly like comedy. I can give you the example of Hannah Montana or something like that. Those shows make me laugh, so I just watch them.
As an Individual
My favourite shows are The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and The Simpsons, because they are comedies. I like them because they are funny.
As an Individual
I don't really have a favourite show. I just watch whatever is on. I sometimes watch The Ultimate Fighter and stuff.
As an Individual
My favourite show would have to be The OC. It's funny but there's a whole lot of drama in it too. It's just a bunch of really rich people, so I get to look at all the nice cars and everything.
As an Individual
For me, it changes a lot. At the moment, it is Trailer Park Boys. I think that it is good and it is funny. It is realistic too and you can watch it any time.
As an Individual
My favourite show on TV right now is Grey's Anatomy. It's been off because of the writers' strike or something, but I like it because it's drama and stuff. I also watch a couple of comedies on Monday night.
My favourite show ever is Friends, but it doesn't play regularly any more.
Bloc
Luc Malo Bloc Verchères—Les Patriotes, QC
I have a question about that. Do you think that Grey's Anatomy is a violent show because you get to see operations?
As an Individual
It can be a little graphic sometimes, with the intestines or whatever they're showing, but usually they don't actually show the surgeries or the bodies head-on. They just show you the people doing the surgeries. So it's not that violent or gory.
Conservative
Ed Fast Conservative Abbotsford, BC
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to each one of you for coming today and sharing with us how you feel about violence and violence on television. It would also be interesting to hear what your parents have to say, because some of them are in attendance. I'd love to hear their perspective on TV violence.
The reason you're here is because there is a law before us right now that we're considering, which would give government new powers to keep you from watching certain violent programs before 9 o'clock. There are some people who believe there is still too much violence in the time period before 9 o'clock.
My question to each one of you—and maybe you could answer just yes or no—is, do you feel that there are programs that should be removed from the viewing slot before 9 p.m., or are you comfortable already with the kinds of restrictions and the kinds of programs shown during that time period?
Perhaps we could start with Noémie.
As an Individual
It is OK like it is because anyway, anyone can record a show even though it is not on at a time when you are allowed to watch. Even if the time when it is on changes, you can always record it. So you can watch it anyway. But if people do not like it because it is too violent, it can be replaced by shows that are better for their age, and that would be good.
As an Individual
I can't think of any shows now, but I think some shows are too bad. So, yes.
As an Individual
I don't really know, because I don't know if I have seen a violent show. I don't remember.
Conservative
Ed Fast Conservative Abbotsford, BC
I just want to know, are there any shows before 9 o'clock that you think are too violent for you to watch?
As an Individual
In my opinion, it's okay as it is. Most of the shows that I would say should be played after 9 o'clock mostly are already played after 9 o'clock.
As an Individual
I'm not really sure. I don't watch TV before 9 o'clock, because it's kind of boring.
