As Ms. Hinse said, and as is in both of our briefs, Quebec and Canada are on the same page. We'd like a definition. There's a big section about the role of the CBC in the previous act and in the current draft act. Other than saying that the community element is one of the three elements in the system, there's no definition at all. We'd like a definition that it's not-for-profit.
Second, we'd like a definition of its role. There used to be a section about alternative media, which was never really used or actionable and almost exactly describes what we do. We serve niche groups and minorities that aren't served by mainstream media.
Third, in all of these different reports that come out, like the creative Canada policy framework and the Yale report.... We're not even mentioned in the 235-page Yale report, other than to take more money away from community TV and give it to private broadcasters. We're in a vacuum.
We've suggested some additional wording to be tacked on to some of the very strong sections in the act just to explain what we do. For example, the inclusivity around the needs for indigenous media has been beefed up in the current act, which we super support, but realistically, the way you're going to get media on most indigenous reserves and programming in the language is through community media. We can produce for a tenth of the cost. We train groups to do their own content.
We've added in our brief particular add-on phrases to clarify where we can address some of these challenges facing the Canadian broadcasting system, mainly around inclusivity and local content.