Canadian Heritage committee  We are talking about people who have no protection and who are more likely to be influenced by the employer. So this has an impact on the quality of the information.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, and increasingly the media are trying to use subcontractors and to ensure that jobs aren't unionized anymore. Most of these places are unionized. We've been seeing this trend for several years now. Information is not a product. It isn't like Hygrade sausages. Everyone wants

Canadian Heritage committee  Actually, we must find a way to encourage the media to produce local news. We are seeing the same trend as you have so accurately described, and we are concerned. For a number of years, we have seen the importance of local news decline. I started in 1985 as a journalist for the

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. Madam Chair, members of the committee, thank you for inviting us to talk about local media. It's a subject that is dear to us since we represent workers that produce local content on a daily basis in Quebec, whether on the radio, on television or in print media. My n

Finance committee  The Canadian charter establishes this country's fundamental values and freedoms. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion are on par with one another. The second section lists freedom of association, and by extension the freedom to negotiate. Those are the values that the Ca

Finance committee  That objective doesn't have to be reached in the short term or tomorrow morning. It should not be an obsession. The government should implement measures to ensure that the largest possible middle class exists under conditions that comply with the law. These are major amendments t

Finance committee  We think that sound management of public funds is required. However, obsessing over reaching a balanced budget at all costs must not become a daily focus of attention. We need sound management of public funds, and I can tell you that the Greek situation has nothing to do with our

Finance committee  You are not talking about my statement from today regarding....

Finance committee  Okay. We are essentially saying that the government—be it Conservative, Liberal or other—makes decisions on general issues, including the budgets allocated to crown corporations. Once that has been decided, regardless of whether the budget is increasing or decreasing—and that is

Finance committee  I don't know whether this is a translation issue, but I don't understand what you mean by additional funds.

Finance committee  I don't represent the Canada Post Corporation employees. However, overall, when specific requests are made regarding budget cuts, downsizing and so on, those issues are discussed at the negotiation table. People on the ground who are involved in that world on a daily basis are in

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen members of the Standing Committee on Finance, thank you for having us. My name is Denis Bolduc. I am the General Secretary of CUPE Quebec and the Regional Vice-President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. CUPE has over 600,000 members acr