Official Languages committee  I do.

Official Languages committee  Unfortunately, our figures always concern persons, not households. Statistics Canada's cross-references between BBM and Nielsen Media Research data are always based on population, not households. No one knows exactly how many households that represents. We also don't know where t

Canadian Heritage committee  I think that, in asking your question, you've given the answer. I'm really compelled to tell you that our duty of restraint requires us not to make any comments on that subject. We will nevertheless be very pleased to hear you at the hearing on this question at the end of March.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's hard to predict, but it's unfortunately not impossible. A restructuring effort is being made for the entire automotive sector. When we witnessed restructurings in the beer industry, we also saw advertising volume decline. The automotive industry is a major television user.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's why we established the Local Programming Improvement Fund, a fund that will benefit all television stations in markets with populations of less than one million inhabitants. No money will go to Montreal, but money will go to Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski, Sherbrooke, Trois-Riv

Canadian Heritage committee  No, we didn't talk about hours. Obviously, renewal proposals have been filed, but the commission hasn't advocated a reduction in the number of hours. Perhaps we referred to a pan-Canadian harmonization. We know that some networks and some stations have five hours a week, while ot

Canadian Heritage committee  I was on staff at the CRTC in 1971, and when I left in 1979, specialty services were not yet in existence. By the end of the seventies the CRTC had received applications for pay TV services and had denied those applications. To my recollection, the first specialty services came i

Canadian Heritage committee  I wasn't a commissioner, so I have no comments to make.

Canadian Heritage committee  When the fund was established, the commission determined a number of criteria. It asked the Canadian Association of Broadcasters to review those criteria and to suggest others, which it did not do. It also asked the association to suggest operating mechanisms. The CAB forwarded i

Canadian Heritage committee  One proposal has already been submitted to the community because we saw it in the specialized magazines. One financial analyst suggested a fundamental review of the Canadian broadcasting system. We're asking people to send us their ideas. Are there other ways of doing things than

Canadian Heritage committee  This morning it wasn't. So in that respect, we agreed to a levelling-down, but one that will end on August 31, 2011. The CRTC is in regular communication with the new operators of TQS. We're seeing some light at the end of the tunnel, and, before 2011, I expect we'll see an incre

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. von Finckenstein. The answer that the chairman gave you is a pan-Canadian answer. Indeed, as he pointed out, there are market size disparities among the major networks, whether it be CTV, Canwest, A-Channel, e-Channel or Citytv. In the case of the francophone mark

Canadian Heritage committee  The other members of the task force work for the CRTC: the Senior Director, Television Policy and Applications, who is responsible for analysing and formulating television policy; the Senior Director, Distribution Policy and Applications, who is responsible for cable, satellite o

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, these are matters of a business nature that could result in more acrimony than solutions. The purpose of the task force is to find a solution and to allow the Fund to continue operating in the best possible way. As our Chairman mentioned earlier, the report of the T

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, the purpose of the task force is to find a solution. The purpose is not to hold hearings and hear grievances. Our mandate is very limited. It is limited to questions of governance and operations. It is not a fundamental review of programs. We will not make value jud