Industry committee  Good morning. My name is Solange Drouin. I am Vice-President and Director General of Public Affairs at ADISQ. First, I want to thank you for inviting us to appear before you today to discuss and consider with you the important issue you have undertaken to study under your curre

Industry committee  Second, before concluding that Canada is poorly served, I invite you to reread the 2008 CRTC Communications Monitoring Report, the title of which no longer includes the words “radio-television and telecommunications”, but rather “communications”. It can be seen in that report tha

Industry committee  I'd like to go back to your first point. Both Canadian and Quebec cultural policies have contributed to the development of Quebec culture. I can attest to that in the case of song more than in any other field. In that area, I often still hear things that surprise me. such as, fo

Industry committee  I talked about the successes in the music world earlier, but it's very difficult right now. Sales in the music industry in Canada have fallen more than 30% as a result, among other things, of illegal downloading over the Internet. In the past four years, Quebec artists have maint

Industry committee  Could you repeat the question?

Industry committee  Yes.... I'll say this in French, because--

Industry committee  Yes, I know. Although this question was not addressed to me, I want to answer it anyway. You have to recognize that telecommunications can also be considered broadcasting undertakings, because they are. That's the point. Sometimes you have a real telecommunications system but th

Industry committee  Yes, sir. I'll just tell you that I have in my hand the condition of licence of Telesat. It's a document from Industry Canada, and it says clearly: “Telesat will operate the satellite as a Canadian telecommunications common carrier as defined under the Telecommunications Act.

Industry committee  No problem.

Industry committee  It would be a nightmare--for us.

Industry committee  Sure. But on this issue, I would like to raise one point and remind you that Canada was one of the first countries to fight for the new convention at UNESCO on the promotion of cultural diversity. It was a big fight over a number of years. I want to remind you that the U.S.A. and

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for inviting us to appear before you today. Before getting to the heart of the matter and talking about the pandemic, I'd like to take a few minutes to describe the world of music to you. Globally, this environment is very largely dominated

Canadian Heritage committee  I realize I forgot to describe the mission of the association I work for. ADISQ represents independent music producers in Quebec and in the greater Canadian francophonie. I wanted to clarify that. As I said earlier, the whole community continued to work, whether it be authors, a

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, there will be something left of it. I think that just as teleworking is now possible—we're seeing each other through Zoom for this committee meeting—some things will remain, and may even be easier. There will be something left of the virtual show. Now, everyone will tell yo

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we're still hoping to see something. During pre-budget consultations, we presented requests for the music industry. We would be very happy to see them granted in the budget update. If they are not, we'll keep going and wait for the next budget.