Mr. Chairman, committee members, thank you for your invitation. My name is Liza Fitzgibbons, General Director of the Documentary Organization of Canada. My colleague is Daniel Margetic, President of the Performance Committee and one of the many volunteers DOC relies on to convey our association's positions on issues concerning our industry.
DOC is the collective voice of independent documentary filmmakers across Canada. It is directed by its members and supports the promotion and development of the art of documentary. DOC represents the producers, directors and crafts people who work in a type of priority program, largely under-represented and under-funded in the private sector of conventional broadcasting. As our presentation will show, there has been a serious decline in the screening of documentary films on conventional television networks.