Official Languages committee  Good morning, and thank you for having invited us to appear today. Active nationally since 1991, the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada has 31 active members in 9 provinces and 2 territories. We have 25 radio stations on the air and 6 that are being set up. In the current context, it is more important than ever that the Government of Canada implement concrete measures to provide recurring financial support to social economy businesses, especially community and campus radio stations, which play a vital role in the development and survival of numerous Canadian communities.

Official Languages committee  As concerns new media, in the space of less than a decade, cell phones with Internet access, embedded cameras, Wi-Fi connections and other technologies have become more and more common, and this has changed the communications and media sector in ways we never could have imagined.