Canadian Heritage Committee on May 4th, 2009

Evidence of meeting #18 for Canadian Heritage in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was stations.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Evolution of the Television Industry in Canada and its Impact on Local Communities

MPs speaking

Also speaking

André Bureau Chairman of the Board, Astral Media Inc.

John Cassaday President and Chief Executive Officer, Corus Entertainment Inc.

Michel Roy Chair, Board of Directors, Telefilm Canada

S. Wayne Clarkson Executive Director, Telefilm Canada

Michael Harris Vice-President and General Manager, Corus Entertainment Inc.

Pierre-Louis Smith Vice-President Policy and Chief Regulatory Officer, Canadian Association of Broadcasters

Tara Rajan Vice-President, Research and Policy, Canadian Association of Broadcasters

Sylvain Racine Director of des Moulins Regional Television, Treasurer to the Board of Directors, Fédération des télévisions communautaires autonomes du Québec

Gérald Gauthier Research and Development Officer, Fédération des télévisions communautaires autonomes du Québec

Michèle Fortin President and Chief Executive Officer, Télé-Québec

Tim Caddigan Manager, Regional Programming, TVCogeco Peterborough

Maureen Tilson Dyment Senior Director, Communications and Programming, TVCogeco Peterborough

Jean LaRose Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Charles Allard Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Super Channel, Allarco Entertainment Inc.

Malcolm Knox President and Chief Operating Officer, Super Channel, Allarco Entertainment Inc.

Rick Arnish President, Jim Pattison Broadcast Group

Scott Sterling President, Newfoundland Broadcasting Company

Douglas Neal Senior Vice-President, Newfoundland Broadcasting Company

Stanley James Chair, Board of Directors, Northern Native Broadcasting, Yukon

Richard Paradis Business Affairs and Government Relations, Allarco Entertainment Inc.

Sophie Green General Manager, Northern Native Broadcasting, Yukon

7:05 p.m.

Conservative

Shelly Glover Conservative Saint Boniface, MB

Fantastic. Meegwetch. Very good. Thank you.

May 4th, 2009 / 7:05 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger

Thank you very much. Your presentations were great. We should have had a meeting with each group of presenters here today. We should have had more time, but we have a short timeframe within which to work.

Thank you very much for coming.

The meeting is adjourned.