Canadian Heritage committee  Okay. I want to respond to your comment about democracy. It's so essential to have a media that represents a balance of perspectives. I think we have an example to the south of where media concentration has not allowed that balance of perspectives. I had the great good luck of

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm sorry, but the French is not coming through.

Canadian Heritage committee  On the question about the regions, I think in B.C. it's been particularly difficult for urban B.C. to understand what's going on in rural B.C., and the CBC hasn't helped us much in that. I keep an eye on these things, because I'm interested in the whole question of the way work i

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. Mr. Chairman and committee members, welcome to Vancouver. My name is Anne Ironside. I'm a Vancouver-based member of Friends of Canadian Broadcasting's advisory council and a strong supporter of Canadian public broadcasting. Friends is a watchdog group for Canadian pr

Canadian Heritage committee  Nominations to the CBC board should be made by a number of sources, and the CBC president should be hired and be responsible to the board. The second point is that Parliament should instruct the CBC's board to attach a high priority to the Broadcasting Act's mandate to reflect C