Over the last couple of years we've had extensive discussions about defining what a newspaper is. Is it a newspaper just because it's paper? Is a “newspaper” that pops up at election time a newspaper? Does it have to have subscriptions? Does it have to have an editorial page? Many “capital N newspapers” don't have an editorial page.
We are using the term “ethnic newspapers”; there are lots around Montreal. We have several members—and that's how we would define newspaper: being a member of an accredited association. That provides anyone who's interested in using newspapers the tranquility of mind that we're looking at professional journalism. The multicultural groups have professional journalists working in newspapers, and some of them are becoming members. It's a matter of finding them and establishing a relationship with them. We have a handful of members who publish articles either exclusively in another language or partially in another language.