Information & Ethics committee  I think those are fair statements. I mean, as you know, if we put ourselves in the shoes of a journalist, they report stories all the time that reach back into history as long as that history is newsworthy and in the public interest. We're patient. We wait out these requests as l

Information & Ethics committee  I don't think I have a fulsome response to that question. We, as an organization, have not focused regionally on British Columbia. We've had concerns, now and again, with the flow of information in British Columbia, but as an organization, we have focused largely on the federal l

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you to the committee for inviting the CAJ today. I'm Nick Taylor-Vaisey. I'm the president of the Canadian Association of Journalists. I'm here today in that capacity and do not speak on behalf of my employer, which is Rogers Communications and Maclean's

Information & Ethics committee  That is correct.

Canadian Heritage committee  Over the last few years, as we have immersed ourselves in digital journalism, both Hugo and I have communicated with audiences in just the ways we are talking about, in more and more intricate ways. I think you are right that, to a certain extent, there is an expectation from cer

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the two gentlemen largely covered the comments that I would make. I would simply say that journalists are by and large keen to be in the digital space. Not only are we there but we're happy to be there. Apps are developed by newspapers and by media companies across Canada

Canadian Heritage committee  I will start by saying that Twitter and various social media have obviously changed our workdays top to bottom. We spend our time in council meetings tweeting things, for free, to our followers. We hope they follow those things, and we hope they are better informed as a result.

Canadian Heritage committee  Briefly, it certainly is a problem that investigative reporting is lacking in Canada. We're very concerned about it.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would defend the quality of journalism in local papers across Canada. I can't speak to every paper that exists and every single story and every single reporter, but generally speaking, we would defend the work they do. You're right that reporters do move around. We're somewha

Canadian Heritage committee  We also think government can play a useful role in the non-profit world, which can play a crucial role itself in public interest reporting and public education. This is, of course, distinct from public broadcasters such as the CBC and its public broadcasting counterparts, includi

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you to the committee for inviting us to appear today. I am Nick Taylor-Vaisey, president of the CAJ. I'm here today in that capacity. I should be clear that I do not speak on behalf of my current employer. I'll be sharing my time with Hugo, who is, as you know, the CAJ's

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. If political parties compete with each other to be more transparent and post more things online that shed light on their expenses, that's something that I think the public would welcome.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Offhand, I don't know. We'd have to look over them right now together.... I don't know them that intimately. I'm sorry.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't really want to endorse the preamble, but I will confirm the spirit of it—