Evidence of meeting #13 for Canadian Heritage in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was stations.
A recording is available from Parliament.
12:55 p.m.
Executive Director, National Campus and Community Radio Association
That's why I know so much about the members because I used to be a membership coordinator.
I'm pretty sure we pay a reduced rate. They pay a Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency, CMRRA, tariff, and that is a reduced rate. The NCCRA members negotiated a deal with them. There is SOCAN, CMRRA--I would have to get back to you.
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
Mike Wallace Conservative Burlington, ON
With my last 30 seconds, on the real purpose for your coming here.... I'm on the finance committee and I see 400 or 500 groups a year. I can give you, on one hand, who does not want more money. I understand that piece.
12:55 p.m.
Executive Director, National Campus and Community Radio Association
I believe it.
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
Mike Wallace Conservative Burlington, ON
You're telling us today that to be able to take advantage of the new digital media that are there...and I actually listen to satellite radio, contrary to my friend here. It's a four-and-half-hour drive here, and I listen to seventies music and sing, so if you see somebody driving along and singing their heart out with the windows up so you can't hear it, that's me.
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
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Conservative
Mike Wallace Conservative Burlington, ON
Yes.
Is it because you can't afford the hardware, the systems to get on? Is it the expertise?
12:55 p.m.
Executive Director, National Campus and Community Radio Association
It's the package, and in some cases people are coming up with cheap solutions. In fact, in general, on the text stuff, the actual physical stuff, a lot of our stations are pretty good at cobbling together unique solutions. What we don't have is the people power. As I said, those YouTube charts are amazing; they were really great and then they stopped, because the guy who did them left that station.
What would be great is to have the capacity to make sure that when we start something, we can continue that thing.
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
Mike Wallace Conservative Burlington, ON
Thank you.
Scotty, my friend was on CFRU. It was “Points of Inflection” with Stephen Fleck. It was very good.
I was hoping for something solid from you. Thank you very much.
1 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
Thank you very much for your presentations and your answers today.
The meeting is adjourned.
