Status of Women committee  When we read news like that that does not tell Canadians the truth, it does make us want to come before you today and set the facts straight. It is very important for you to understand the extent to which we at CBC/Radio-Canada protect human values like this and invest in them.

Status of Women committee  Mrs. Marcotte and I have already told you that our reply to Québecor's access to information request contained only one case in the organization. Since 2010, there have been three, in all our offices across the country. Québecor Médias people choose to interpret that in the way they want.

Status of Women committee  As you know, CBC/Radio-Canada is subject to access to information. Any kind of request made by a requester is sent to us. We analyze the request, and as you know, the mechanism of the act says that we have to respond when it's a question of general administration, which this was.

Status of Women committee  I'll ask Monique to tell you exactly what was in those pages.

Status of Women committee  Your guess is as good as mine.

Status of Women committee  Madam Chairman, bonjour. Members of the committee, good morning. Thank you for allowing Monique and me to appear before you today and to participate in your study on sexual harassment in the federal workplace. Let me start with a quote, if I can: CBC/Radio-Canada considers all forms of discrimination, including discriminatory and sexual harassment, to be unacceptable; will not tolerate its occurrence; and will make every reasonable effort to ensure that no employee is subjected to it.

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely. Actually, it is on our website, Mr. Godin. Can I plug something?

Official Languages committee  On Friday something really important, a fun thing, happens. Remember the book, Two Solitudes, by Hugh MacLennan? It's a great book. Homerun, which is a drive-home show in Montreal on CBC, is doing a remote from one of the Chapters bookstores, where Jay Baruchel, who is an actor in the U.S., is going to cross...we asked him and he said, yes, absolutely.

Official Languages committee  I think you have a very important point. I would like to think and hope that's what we do through our presence in the regions, with the stations we have kept open. In the context of all these challenges we've had with respect to budgets, CBC/Radio-Canada has made a choice not to impact its geographical footprint, to keep its stations open, and to make choices somewhere else.

Official Languages committee  It is on the corner of McGill College and Sainte-Catherine Street. I'm saying this because it's just an interesting example of some of the stuff we do to actually promote Two Solitudes.

Official Languages committee  Yes, that's exactly right. I hope I didn't say he was an American actor. Actually, his wife is also a Canadian actor, Alison Pill. They were married in the States.

Official Languages committee  That's why in Toronto, on April 26, I hope the people who represent those communities will come in and have a conversation with us, have a conversation with the people who are in that room, and that they will be able to voice the projects they would like to see happen and that they will take control of.

Official Languages committee  Mr. Benskin, we don't see the programming that's going to come as being differentiated from province to province, from story to story. What we hope will happen is that these ideas will generate a mosaic. I like the word “mosaic”; I think it's a good one. A Canadian, either through access to the websites that are going to be built or the programming or anything we're going to do, will be able to enjoy a public space where stories about Canada are being told, where he or she will be able to contribute his or her story about Canada and start a conversation about where we're going.

Official Languages committee  If you look at the cities that have been selected, you will see that there is one city per province. That is how we decided to organize our conferences. Each conference is inclusive. There won't be one conference for francophones and one for anglophones. In Moncton, for example, we are hoping that not just francophones will show up at the conference.

Official Languages committee  Based on what we are anticipating to happen on those days, people will be invited once again. I assume that some of the conferences will be held in both languages if the people in the room speak both languages. If not, the language that the people speak will be used. Once again, our goal is to include people, not to exclude them.