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Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. We just mentioned that we were ready to contribute more than our actual contribution to the Canadian Television Fund.

February 20th, 2007Committee meeting

Pierre Karl Péladeau

Canadian Heritage committee  What the fund is all about is not what has been said in the law. The law is to contribute to the Canadian broadcasting system. We believe as an organization that we're contributing more than any other broadcaster—any other private broadcasters—in terms of contribution. So—

February 20th, 2007Committee meeting

Pierre Karl Péladeau

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll do it with pleasure, Madame. I think we fully agree with all the members and the chairman here that we're proud of this country and proud of this industry. Since we are involved on a day-to-day basis, we produce—I mentioned in my presentation that it's more than $109 million that we're spending, some in news, some in what we call in French séries lourdes—dramas, documentaries, public affairs.

February 20th, 2007Committee meeting

Pierre Karl Péladeau

Canadian Heritage committee  We had one. We've been proposing a solution. Since the objective of the law is to contribute to the Canadian programming industry, I don't think there is an obligation to contribute to a fund; the obligation is to contribute to the Canadian programming, or the Canadian broadcasting system.

February 20th, 2007Committee meeting

Pierre Karl Péladeau

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen members of Parliament, Mr. Chairman, thank you for welcoming us here today. For two years, Quebecor Media has been trying by every means at its disposal to alert all those concerned, whether they be politicians, public servants, regulatory authorities or television industry stakeholders, to the consequences of the radical changes that the digital revolution is causing to the Canadian audiovisual landscape.

February 20th, 2007Committee meeting

Pierre Karl Péladeau