Electoral Reform committee  To update the electoral system, which is the subject of the discussion tonight, we must consider at least two related perspectives. First, what are we choosing? Second, how are we choosing whatever we're choosing? The “what” has been, for almost 150 years, limited to which poli

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not familiar with that report. Professor Murray might be.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, that's correct. I think there's too much power concentrated in the professional reporters and not enough listening for what's important to the public in general. That's why the Internet is so successful: a lot of young people prefer to go to blogs and other websites because

Canadian Heritage committee  They already exist. I've been doing community programming for the past twenty years through Rogers Cable, and now through Shaw cable. Shaw cable has a list of criteria taken from the CRTC, and they won't broadcast something that is not within those criteria. They are more strict

Canadian Heritage committee  You can always put some criteria or some framework people have to abide by, but it gives more access to everyone to participate. It doesn't come in the hierarchical way of “I am the news reporter and this is what happened in the world today”--there are a hundred topics out there,

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I think I'm just going to repeat for the third time the same message. I happen to agree with them almost 100%. I have just two pages here. My opinion is the CBC relative to all private stations has been the most balanced in presenting regional and cultural informati