Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think we would venture to look 20 years ahead.

Canadian Heritage committee  We would venture to look five years ahead. I think we'll still have a system for the next five years, but beyond that I would certainly question what the system would look like.

Canadian Heritage committee  At this moment in time, it would probably accelerate the pace of change. That's one of the reasons we did not suggest that as one of the four ways that we evaluated going forward as preferable.

Canadian Heritage committee  Deregulation.... The current tools don't really work for all the new players. We need new tools. There are different types of players. They can contribute in different ways. Amazon and Netflix can contribute differently and must contribute differently from a traditional local CTV

Canadian Heritage committee  Whether the CRTC is the right body or relevant is not something for all of you to answer. I think we'll talk more about the system. I think the system certainly remains relevant, providing news and information to Canadians so that they know what the positions are, know how to int

Canadian Heritage committee  Naturally, the risks are with regard to the fact that we used to be in a closed system where one would issue a licence and one would—as I would say, being a regulator—achieve regulatory rent from that and then contribute back to the system. Most of our system is built on that clo

Canadian Heritage committee  If we want to speak of music, our prime intervention in the area of music is regulating radio stations—approving, licensing and renewing radio stations. Radio stations contribute to the system by various means. They play Canadian content, so there's actually making that content a

Canadian Heritage committee  What's key is that we always in part overestimate the pace of change but underestimate the real impact of change over time. What we have here is a clear pace of change, which for the moment is.... Most of our markets that we've described in our report are mature and declining. We

Canadian Heritage committee  I will give you the broad outlines to see if we are heading in the right direction. If not, Mr. Carter can add to my comments. In our opinion, we need a legislative framework that is clear and gives us clear objectives to which we can commit. This is in order to ensure that all

Canadian Heritage committee  We need legislative changes so that we can act in that area properly, because at the moment, we have two options. We can either grant a license, as long as the applicant is Canadian, or grant an exemption. With exemptions, our only way to make sure that the conditions are fulfil

Canadian Heritage committee  This is why we are saying that we need a clear legislative direction so that all the companies benefitting from the system can contribute to it. We also need flexible tools, other than simply issuing licences, as well as ways of ensuring compliance, such as administrative monetar

Canadian Heritage committee  We can compare that to existing situations. We have not developed models for each of the different types. Yes, Netflix is the big player, but the next big player will be Amazon.

Canadian Heritage committee  Amazon sells you refrigerators and gives you programming. Are we going to regulate refrigerators? That would be difficult. That’s why we want something flexible.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll start with Canadians. Canadians are clearly benefiting from access to far greater programming than before. They are clearly consuming products in a different way, which is primarily on demand. Monsieur Nantel is a fan of binge-watching. Many Canadians are likewise. So, there

Canadian Heritage committee  They're still there right now, but—