Canadian Heritage committee  The one thing I would like to amplify from the remarks I made during my presentation was that when I was in Saskatchewan 10 days ago, I met someone from a rural community who said he had signed on to a satellite service expressly so he could get more French language programming,

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I'm here with assistant commissioners Gérard Finn and Renald Dussault, who will be able to answer some of the more detailed questions that I'm sure you will have. I am grateful to the committee for allowing me this opportunity to appear before