Canadian Heritage committee  This decision came as a complete shock and was directly contrary to what the CRTC had stated was its plan. IBG members and others have filed--or had planned to file--applications based on the understanding that they would be heard shortly after filing, but certainly before Septem

Canadian Heritage committee  I would like to answer in my own language. There are probably more Gémeaux and Gemini awards sitting at this panel than exist at CTV or Canwest Global. So when it comes to program excellence, that's not the issue. The issue is that our business is all about distribution. When yo

Canadian Heritage committee  Once again, I will be answering in my own language. I think a basic or a foundation service should reflect what Canada and Quebec really are ensemble. And we have as one of our members APTN, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. This is a service like these services here th

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm going to need a stopwatch soon. The pipes are not dumb. Eighty-three percent of the gross revenue in the broadcasting sector is controlled by four or five major companies. Ninety percent of our Internet access is controlled by those same companies. And 97% of our mobile ind

Canadian Heritage committee  We have this smart Canadian guy named Marshall McLuhan. He said they all kind of morph and survive somehow and find their place. So radio didn't disappear, film didn't disappear, and television's not going to disappear. That's one response, Dean. The second part is that regulat

Canadian Heritage committee  Do I get that one?

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, I think Dean answered the question. If you own the pipes, you own the means to distribution and you can launch them. One of our members of the IBG, the Independent Broadcast Group, is ethnic media channels. SLAV11, which I think is in tomorrow's “Report on Business”--a li