Canadian Heritage committee  If that is what you have understood, then you have misunderstood. That is not at all the case. We want to know whether these new phenomena have an impact on our broadcasting system, what this impact is, whether it is positive, whether we can use the new media to improve our syste

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Our starting point is still the same, that is, the way in which we can achieve the objectives of the Broadcasting Act.

Canadian Heritage committee  Essentially, yes. The same type of AMP that figures in the Telecommunications Act and covers a very limited aspect, namely the “do not call” list, is used for all broadcasting issues.

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said, the best way to proceed may perhaps be to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, which governs us as an agency and stipulates that we can use this kind of power under each of the acts that we regulate or administer, without there bei

Canadian Heritage committee  I could send you this figure. I do not know it offhand. As to why I had this study done, the reason is very simple. Everyone is taking a position on what should be done to amend the Broadcasting Act, and naturally everyone does so in order to advance their own cause. So I asked

Canadian Heritage committee  There is absolutely no reason. I guess, indirectly, if I was appearing before you and suggesting this, I'm also putting it before the government. We have not had a session with the government to speak about legislative amendments, first, because there are enough very difficult is

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Bélanger, the short answer is yes. The question of when is a different one. I've been in my job for one year. It has been a rather hectic year, full of things that had to be addressed, and we haven't been able to develop a comprehensive legislative program to present to the g

Canadian Heritage committee  As I mentioned, on Thursday we are issuing our document on new media. We will then be hearing from the public as to the questions that should be asked as part of a full-scale hearing on new media. Undoubtedly people will make reference to your committee report and suggest that

Canadian Heritage committee  We'll gladly do that. There are basically three groups. There are the broadcasters and BDUs on on one side, the telecom companies. There are the various law societies or bar societies. There's also the user groups. Those are the three categories. I can give you names for each one

Canadian Heritage committee  You can telecast on the Internet now. You can subscribe to some services. You pay a fee and you can watch programs online just the same as you can on your TV. As you quite rightly put it, there are constraints. Our whole broadcasting system right now has close to 500 channels tha

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. It was not during my tenure; that's all I can say. The subject of AMP has come up, but I do not recall this specific initiative. I don't believe they have--

Canadian Heritage committee  As you said in the introductory portion, this is a difficult subject for me to address because I have a real complaint before us, the CAIP complaint. As you seem to be very well informed on indeed, we're issuing the interim decision tomorrow. Then we will have the hearing on the

Canadian Heritage committee  Unfortunately, they go further. They manage—

Canadian Heritage committee  I was going to answer you, before you made that last comment, on the Net neutrality. Both acts, the Broadcasting Act and the Telecommunications Act, do not by and large provide AMPs. The only portion where it is in the Telecommunications Act is when Parliament enacted the “do no

Canadian Heritage committee  No, I must practise my French. If you ask me a question in French, I am going to try and answer it in French. The new media providers, especially Internet service providers, are common carriers. They have no influence over content, they simply carry the electronic signals from