Canadian Heritage committee  I have to confess to you that I haven't done enough thinking about that, and my constituency hasn't done enough thinking about it either, because we're still concerned with the vehicles of mainstream performance opportunity. There will be others. You will hear from other presen

Canadian Heritage committee  The CBC, as the national public broadcaster, should be taking more seriously anything that's a major threat to the people of the country. Obviously something like climate change should be taken seriously. It's been on the horizon for more than 20 years, and only in the last year

Canadian Heritage committee  Right. I didn't think you would be.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely.

Canadian Heritage committee  There's not much I could add except, as a one-time employee of the CBC, to tell you that I joined the CBC because of the best and the brightest. At the time it seemed to me that the best and the brightest either worked for the CBC or came through the doors of the CBC and became p

Canadian Heritage committee  Just to follow up on the fear factor, I have to say that Canadian artists, in my experience, are not fearful. Canadian artists look around them and they find that they rank very highly among the artists of the world. Certainly Canadian artists are highly regarded and are all over

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think the CBC should have to compete for commercial revenue at all. That's not its job, and it brings it into conflict with the commercial sector. The CBC needs to be properly funded so that it can do its job without having to be concerned with deriving money from commerc

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. Yes, I do speak from the heart. As an immigrant, I perhaps have a greater appreciation of this country than even those who were born here and take it for granted. I have lived in literally every part of it, and I have travelled to every part in which I have not lived,

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. The mandate itself is neutral on the distribution means. That's why we don't feel the mandate needs any overhaul at all. The mandate, which you've already referred to in part, is that the CBC is to reflect Canada and its regions, its national and regional audiences, s

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think it's fulfilling its mandate--in any regard, frankly. Full disclosure here: I am an immigrant, coming many years ago from Ireland. I have lived in this country for 30 years, in literally every part of it. For a period of about 15 years I worked for the CBC in various

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair and members of the committee, thanks for the opportunity to have this intervention on behalf of the Greater Vancouver Alliance for Arts and Culture, which represents artists and cultural organizations in the 22 municipalities of the Grea

Canadian Heritage committee  It's always like this.