Official Languages committee  I can certainly send them to the committee clerk. I'll be pleased to do that.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  The only magazines that aren't are the pornographic kind, for example Playboy Canada.

Official Languages committee  It can be a religious magazine, an outdoor magazine or a general information magazine, it's all the same to us.

Official Languages committee  It is the publisher's address that counts.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  We'll pursue it.

Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  That concludes our presentation. We are prepared to answer questions, Mr. Chair.

Official Languages committee  I am responsible for the music industry, the book industry and the film and video industry.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, members of the committee. My name is Jean-François Bernier. I work at the Department of Canadian Heritage and I am the Director General of policy and programs for cultural industries. As was mentioned today, I am here with Scott Shortliffe, who is the Director of publishing and programs for one of the four cultural industries, the periodical industry.

Canadian Heritage committee  This redistribution was not at the expense of diversity. Musical diversity and genre diversity remain a priority for the Canada Music Fund.

Canadian Heritage committee  Kelly Sears.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a good question. The process for the expert panel is part of the methodology of any evaluation. The department submitted a list of 13 names to the consultant and asked if they wanted an expert panel. We thought those could enrich their conclusion about this study. Who's available and who's on the panel is the consultant's decision.

Canadian Heritage committee  I cannot agree with that statement. With respect to the federal government, the Canada Music Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts investments support the entire industrial pyramid. I also do not believe there should be any shame in the government helping companies everyone is proud of on the export side, be it Analekta, Angèle Dubeau or Nettwerk, in Vancouver.