Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. We are thinking of dividing it because there are two reports. So Lyn Elliot Sherwood will deal with one of the reports briefly, and Jean-François Bernier and I will deal with the second report.

Canadian Heritage committee  With respect to the other study of the Auditor General, you should have in front of you a short deck. I'll just walk through it. It basically summarizes what we have done so far since the November report was tabled. May I say, just from the outset, that I'd like to thank the co

Canadian Heritage committee  Just to conclude, Mr. Chairman, on page 6, this is about results. I can tell you one of my first things when I arrived in this new job was realizing that we weren't telling our results story as well as we could, and I put a great deal of emphasis on this in the group. Since I've

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't want to be bureaucratic in the answer, but it's not my program, so I have absolutely no idea how it works out. I can bring it to the attention of my colleague, but I personally have no knowledge of it, so I wouldn't want to mislead by providing any answer I'm not an exper

Canadian Heritage committee  In the normal cycle of the program in a department, there are always evaluations, and they're conducted on average every five years or so. I'm not an expert on Bill C-2, and I'm not speaking out on the subject, but it changes nothing in current practice. It may be every three yea

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd like to add that one of the challenges in the development of a bill of this kind is that the experts are monopolized by Bill C-2. It entails exactly the same issues. Consequently, the same people, the same legal experts are working on this bill, which is somewhat delaying our

Canadian Heritage committee  In the Lincoln report, this committee proposed and the government implemented a simplified structure where the broad public policy direction with respect to Canadian production financing was coming from the minister, who would ask the CTF to set the sort of level two public polic

Canadian Heritage committee  Some will say there's never enough money to meet all needs. With regard to feature films, as you know, we're preparing our response to the committee's report. In our analysis, we have noted that the committee itself has asked us to consider the program in the context of existing

Canadian Heritage committee  Indeed, it's also a matter of political decisions. I'm merely noting that the committee asked us for a response that assumed a stable fiscal framework.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you and good morning ladies and gentlemen. I will be making my presentation from the deck that you have before you. We've interpreted your request here as that of setting the stage for further study of the public broadcaster and helping you embark

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, the entire century. On page 4 there is an important pillar of the current system that is worth reminding ourselves of. The Broadcasting Act quite clearly sets out the importance of all broadcasters exercising freedom of expression and journalistic independence. Of course t

Canadian Heritage committee  I won't repeat what was in the presentation specifically. I think they've had some great successes at the corporation. I can tell you that there was the same reaction in my programs with cultural affairs, but for my team it's very important that we stop seeing the Internet as a

Canadian Heritage committee  Younger Canadians are there. In a sense it's oversimplifying, but it's almost as if you have two markets to deal with. If we want to keep building our cultural sovereignty and our support to culture, both from a creation and access perspective, it's key that we're where the young

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. I don't know if you're familiar with the whole economic notion of the long tail, but the idea is that the Internet allows you to have catalogues available. Normally when you get out a movie or TV program all the hits are at the beginning and then it dwindles off. Bu

Canadian Heritage committee  There are some questions there that are beyond my area of responsibility, certainly in terms of demographics. We'll do what we can to find that information for you, perhaps working with our colleagues at CBC-Radio Canada to break that down for you. They would be in the best posit