Evidence of meeting #47 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 cbc.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
That's right. We are between North Bay and Kirkland Lake, on Highway 11.
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
In Temiskaming, there are 7,735 people who can speak French. How many identify as Franco-Ontarians, I don't know.
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
That's right.
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Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
Do you have figures for usage of CBC services in French by francophones in your region?
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
Because Radio-Canada has not been available for very long where we are, I can tell you that it is mainly the elite who listen to it: teachers, nurses, people in the health care field. So-called "ordinary" people are not used to listening to this station and still listen more to English-language radio to get local news.
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
Do young people listen to the radio these days? They're always walking around with an iPod or some such thing. I'm not sure.
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Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
Yes, but to know what music to buy to download to their iPod, they have to listen to the radio, don't they?
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
I know that Radio-Canada station CBON often organizes contests to attract young people. That is one of the ways to do it. Recently, there was a game for high schools. If a high school student played, they had a chance at inviting an artist to come and perform at their school. It's a method that seems to work well.
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
There are a secondary school and five elementary schools, four Catholic and one public.
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
We have a college...
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
Collège Boréal has a campus in our town.
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Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
Right. If I understood what you told Mr. Rodriguez correctly, you are served by the Toronto station.
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
For television, yes, that's the case.
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Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
You are served by the Radio-Canada station in Toronto?
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
Only for those who subscribe to cable. Otherwise, if you have satellite reception, there's only one hour of broadcast time, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Radio-Canada news from Toronto. Otherwise, there is no access to Radio-Canada Ontario.
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
The ones from Montreal, Winnipeg, the West, because with the CRTC and Bell ExpressVu... It's limited.
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Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
Yes, but under the CRTC's regulations, the cable company is ordinary required to offer you, by satellite, for example, because it seems there is no problem with cable, the Radio-Canada station that is in the same time zone as residents of your region.
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Community Project Officer, Association canadienne française de l'Ontario - Région Témiskaming
We receive broadcasts only from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., because we are offered Radio-Canada Outaouais. That is what was decided, rather than offering us Radio-Canada from Toronto.