Canadian Heritage committee  French and French content not only have to be promoted within CBC, but also... As you say in English, they need to walk the talk. You need to promote people who are active in French, and I'm not just talking about people at CBC, our official spokespersons or writers for L'Express

Canadian Heritage committee  If francophones set up blogs or "wikis", then CBC needs to talk about it. We're given websites from Quebec. There's a CBC editorial which talks about good websites, good addresses, but they aren't local addresses. They're addresses set up by active people in Quebec. And that's a

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the Charter of Rights was a great idea at the time. It will not be a source of information for my children, nor for digital migrants or digital natives; it may be a source of information for interest groups, lawyers and judges. Unfortunately, it must be acknowledged that

Canadian Heritage committee  The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has not kept up with the times. I have to say that, once again. I often use the very sobering analogy of the Pravda, the soviet regime's propaganda organization. This comparison might hurt a bit, however sometimes, there is a slant that CBC

Canadian Heritage committee  There's one point I didn't express well at all in my presentation and it's probably the most important one: the public broadcasting organization is having a lot of trouble getting the dynamic content that is expected. They must realize that they need to promote programs with more

Canadian Heritage committee  The question as I see it is: Are we reaching the viewers? They don't simply break down according to regions or within Vancouver centre. We're talking about 30,000 compared to 60,000. Generations are also an issue. There are the digital natives and the digital migrants. The situa

Canadian Heritage committee  Is there technical support available? I have a PowerPoint presentation, and I just need it hooked up so I don't have to worry about it. I would like to welcome all of our visitors. I am pleased to welcome you in French. Welcome to the fresh Pacific air and welcome to the coun