Finance committee  Thank you, Chairman Easter. I will say, just off the top, that as a local broadcast partner with the CFL in several markets, we have strong sympathy for and a strong understanding of what the league is going through. Good evening, committee members. My name is Troy Reeb. I serve

Finance committee  Thank you for acknowledging Nova Scotia Remembers and Stronger Together, which we were certainly proud to be a part of bringing to Canadian audiences. You raised an excellent point about the disparity between the Canadian broadcasters, which face a myriad of regulations around t

Finance committee  Well, it's incredibly important, and the urgency of dealing with that file has only been heightened by the COVID-19 crisis, which is not only affecting Canadian broadcasters, but is affecting Canadian producers as well. As you know, the independent production sector, the film a

Finance committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Poilievre. You're quite correct in that there are two ways you can address the imbalance that we have with the foreign Internet companies. One is to take the same kinds of historical, and we would say rather onerous, regulations that we face as a c

Finance committee  We're very proud to be creators of Canadian content, but by and large, Canadian content creation is not a money-making business. If it were, you wouldn't need regulations forcing us to spend money with certain kinds of producers on certain kinds of content. You wouldn't need to h

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon to the committee members. My name is Troy Reeb. I serve as executive vice-president of broadcast networks for Corus Entertainment. On behalf of our 3,500 employees across the country, I want to thank you for inviting us to discuss Bill C-10

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. The real risk is that the amount of Canadian production will just continue to decline with the revenues of Canadian broadcasters if these foreign-based Internet broadcasters are not brought into the system. They continue to take advertising dollars out of the country. They c

Canadian Heritage committee  We don't necessarily believe it should be 30%. Right now, the system has 30% on licensed Canadian broadcasters. It's not all, but depending on which company.... For Corus Entertainment, Bell Media and others, it's around 30%, whereas the foreign broadcasters who are coming in thr

Canadian Heritage committee  I would agree. The situation is urgent. It's dire. We've seen the ongoing degradation of employment levels at local broadcasters across the country. This isn't just about companies like Corus, Quebecor, Bell and Rogers. This is about small broadcasters across the country who cont

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly, I think that inside of the regulations that we face are a myriad other subregulations around the kind of content that is prioritized in the system. There's a category of content called “programs of national interest”, which includes dramas, comedies and documentaries,

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Champoux. I'll answer in English. I do believe we can be internationally competitive. We can create Quebec stars; we can create Canadian stars. I believe inside the Quebec marketplace there is the opportunity to have incentives and some regulat

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Stursberg raised a very good point about the need for Canadian companies not only to be able to make the investments we want, but to be able to attract investments as well. One of the things the bill gets right is to treat foreign Internet broadcasters the same as Canadian

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly, Mr. Shields. I think you raise a valid concern, that none of us wants to see a giant monster created at the CRTC. There is risk in this bill that this might happen, because it does give greater powers to the CRTC to determine many of these issues. We think the simple

Canadian Heritage committee  After 10 years of no action whatsoever, we're eager to see some kind of action, and we're willing to take on face value that the first and most important step is to bring these players into the system. Then I think we will have to see how the government empowers the CRTC, and tha

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the bill needs to set the right environment for not only a level playing field but a reduced level of regulatory burden on domestic broadcasters going forward. The first and clearest way to do that is to eliminate what are known as CRTC part II fees. The bill does not con