Evidence of meeting #24 for Finance in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was crtc.

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On the agenda

Members speaking

Before the committee

Marc Miller  Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
Eatrides  Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Hutton  Vice-President, Consumer, Analytics and Strategy, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Frenette  General Counsel and Executive Director, Legal Services, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Shortliffe  Vice-President, Broadcasting, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Martin Champoux Bloc Drummond, QC

Your optimism is encouraging.

I don't want to interrupt you, but I have much less speaking time than my other colleagues.

I've noticed something else, too. We've made a lot of concessions. We agreed not to tackle algorithms. We understood that they could represent a trade secret for companies. Furthermore, we don't want to legislate, we don't want to regulate different forms of broadcasting such as blogs, and so on. At some point, this environment, this mode of communication, the consumption of information and culture, among other things, changes from year to year.

At some point, won't the traditional media that the CRTC is empowered to regulate simply fade away in favour of these new forms of broadcasting that you won't have had to regulate because they will always have been excluded from your scope of activity? Don't you think we're constantly on the wrong track—

The Chair Liberal Karina Gould

I'm sorry to interrupt, Mr. Champoux, but your time is up.

Martin Champoux Bloc Drummond, QC

But it would've been such a great answer.

The Chair Liberal Karina Gould

I don't doubt it.

Martin Champoux Bloc Drummond, QC

I know Mr. Hutton, so I know. Maybe we could get a written response.

The Chair Liberal Karina Gould

This isn't the only meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance today.

On behalf of the committee, I would like to thank the witnesses very much for their presentations and assistance here today.

Colleagues, I'm going to adjourn this meeting and see all of you back here in 10 minutes to begin the next meeting of the finance committee for today.

The meeting is adjourned.