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.
4:55 p.m.
As an Individual
I think there is a certain amount of violence on TV, but I don't think taking it off or moving it would change it a lot, because there are so many other places that you're exposed to violence.
April 1st, 2008 / 4:55 p.m.
As an Individual
I think it should mainly be up to the parents to control it for the younger children. When you're a little bit older, you can decide what you want to watch yourself. Even in my own case there is some stuff that I'll be watching that makes me think, “This is awful. I don't want to watch this.”
4:55 p.m.
As an Individual
I think there's too much violence on TV, yes, and I have no idea what they should do about it.
4:55 p.m.
As an Individual
I have to admit there is violence on TV movies, but if they take it off, they will make the movie boring.
4:55 p.m.
As an Individual
I think that sometimes there might be too much violence.
When I'm watching TV, I don't watch so much violence. As I said, I mostly watch my favourite shows, but when I'm watching, I think there's a lot of violence in most of them. Some of them are just comedies, so I can watch those.
4:55 p.m.
Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
So you don't think somebody should control.... Do you think it's fine as it is now? You don't think there should be more control?
5 p.m.
As an Individual
I think there's too much, but I don't know really, because I don't watch a lot. I watch a lot of TV, but not on adult channels, and then movies--I don't watch a lot of movies.
5 p.m.
As an Individual
I think that there is too much violence too, except sometimes there is lesson about life in the violence. But sometimes, it is too much, just violence for the sake of violence. But you should leave some because it teaches kids about life and the things they should do and not do.
5 p.m.
Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
Thank you.
You answered my questions very well. Thank you very much.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
I gave you a little extra time because that's a very excellent question, and we had great answers again from our witnesses.
5 p.m.
Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
I just wanted to thank them, Mr. Chair, because I think they were very honest in their answers.
Thank you.
5 p.m.
Bloc
Luc Malo Bloc Verchères—Les Patriotes, QC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Hello, and thank you for coming to be with us today.
Has this ever happened to you? After watching a television show late at night and it is time to go to your room and go to sleep, have you ever checked your closet, or looked under your bed, or left a light on because what you were watching made you think about what could happen in your house?
5 p.m.
As an Individual
When I was a bit younger, I did. I always had to look under my bed or jump to get onto it because otherwise I could not fall asleep.
5 p.m.
As an Individual
I do not remember any more. It was something about children being kidnapped. I was really scared about what could happen in the house. Now I can get to sleep, though I still get a little bit scared.
5 p.m.
As an Individual
When I was younger, if I watched a scary movie I would, like, jump over to my bed. I wouldn't dare look, just in case. But now I only get scared during the movie. Like, I still remember the movie, but it's while I'm upstairs in bed, so....
5 p.m.
As an Individual
I always look under my bed because I do not want to take any chances.
5 p.m.
As an Individual
When I was younger--four years old, I guess--I wouldn't go downstairs alone or anything. I would have to, like, jump away from my bed.
5 p.m.
As an Individual
I do not know if you know this show, but when I was younger, I watched Goosebumps. One of the characters was called Chucky who was a china doll. Since then, I cannot sleep in a room with china dolls. I have a friend who has a lot of them, and when I go over to her house, I just cannot...
5 p.m.
As an Individual
It does not happen to me often because I do not watch a lot of scary movies because I get frightened. I only watch them with my friends, just to look cool.
5 p.m.
As an Individual
I remember when I watched CSI for the first time. It was some episode that I don't remember now. When I was done watching, I went upstairs to go to bed and I was really freaked out. I kind of looked around the corners really fast and stuff, to see if anybody was there. It seems so real when it's on TV.
But then I brushed my teeth, got in bed, and just kept telling myself that it wasn't real, that it was just on TV, stuff like that. Then I fell asleep.