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Official Languages committee Mr. Chairman, I would like to add a few words. I have been the executive director of the Alliance de la francophonie de Timmins since 1995. Since 1998, I have worked on a part-time basis because the alliance could not afford to pay me full-time. During the day, I work for the sch
November 28th, 2006Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Official Languages committee I would just add that with the new Official Languages Act and Bill S-3, I think francophone organizations will have to start taking action against the government if it does not provide the funding we require and does not serve us in keeping with our rights. We are not a minority.
November 28th, 2006Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee In Timmins, the broadcaster offers us four services. We have Première chaîne , CBON, which is from Sudbury. We have the SRC television which is broadcast over the public airwaves as well as by cable. We also have the Réseau de l'information, which is a cable channel, and we have
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee I will answer in French because I am not really fluent in English.
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee As far as radio is concerned, the cuts were less perceptible, we still hear talk about ourselves and what we do, but it is always at the regional level and not at the national level. As far as television is concerned, on the regional French Ontario newscast at 6 p.m.—I watched i
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee Yes, part of the solution would be to bring back Radio-Canada's regional offices, but we also believe that there should be local programming, as well as regional offices. That is to say that air time should be set aside for local news where people from the community would have th
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee National unity is not an issue of sovereignty, of separatism, of federalism or of autonomism. We believe that it is through talking to one another that the country will be able to understand itself. We will be able to speak to each other if we have air time within the national se
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee No. In Timmins, we get all the French TV channels. We also have a private French radio station. We are referring specifically to the francophone section of Radio-Canada. If they were to promote our francophone artists outside Quebec, our francophone reality outside Quebec, there
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee At this point in time, we have the French Ontario television, TFO, that produces Franco-Ontarian dramas and Franco-Ontarian newscasts. We can however say that the bulk of francophone programs come from Quebec.
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee That is where opinions differ. We are not asking anglophones to produce television programs for us. We are asking Radio-Canada's French-language television to support us and to play its role by helping us produce our own television shows. I agree that we need to protect the inst
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee CBON covers all of Northern Ontario as of Mattawa, east to west. Approximately 150,000 francophones.
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee We believe it is important to find a way to do so. How, I cannot say how, Mr. Angus, but there needs to be a way for the Société Radio-Canada to promote all francophone artists from across Canada. In Timmins, we have a theatre troupe called Les maringouins du Nord which produces
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee I do not much like the idea of a quota. We believe that when it comes to national programs as opposed to regional programs, whether it be the 10 o'clock news or Christiane Charette's morning show, there should be a period set aside for what is going on in the francophonie outside
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix
Canadian Heritage committee I share your opinion. We believe Radio-Canada has all the tools it needs to carry out its mandate, except for substantial additional funding. We do not believe that it is a ratings- or mandate-related issue. There is a real problem on the CBC side. On the CBC side, when I hear t
April 24th, 2007Committee meeting
Sylvain Lacroix