Canadian Heritage committee  We will have to negotiate with the new board of directors. We will be proposing our services and we are convinced, given the expertise and experience we have developed, that we will be chosen to administer the new fund. The decision will be made following the negotiations that we

Canadian Heritage committee  Ms. Lavallée, that is an excellent question. That is also of some concern to a number of people these days. Under its agreement with the Department of Canadian Heritage, Telefilm Canada has been administering the New Media Fund for approximately 10 years. As well, under its agre

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Rodriguez, if I may, I will let our executive director answer that question.

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. Honourable members of the committee, my name is Michel Roy and I am the Chairman of the Board of Telefilm Canada. Joining me here today is Wayne Clarkson, Executive Director of Telefilm Canada. First, let me thank the committee for the opportunity to

Canadian Heritage committee  In the mid-1970s, I was deputy minister of tourism in Quebec. The situation at the time was very similar to that currently prevailing in the film industry in English Canada. In the tourism industry, the large hotel owners didn't talk to the small hotel owners, the hotel owners di

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Canadian Heritage committee  Sir, I believe the interpreter had trouble following you. If I understand correctly, you regret the excessively large number of American films broadcast by the CBC. That's not a situation I've studied thus far. You regretted it in the case of Radio-Canada and I regreted it in th

Canadian Heritage committee  You're absolutely right. I briefly addressed the question a little earlier. I could talk to you about an experience that I had and that I think has a number of points in common with what you're raising. However, I don't know how much time I have left.

Canadian Heritage committee  That will probably be a good reason to give on the day I want to tender my resignation to Telefilm Canada.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's not an easy question. I'm not sure I know enough about the British Columbia market to answer it very specifically. However, I learned from the documents I examined that the British Columbia film industry was based mainly on U.S. productions filmed in Vancouver, among other

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, sir. As Chair of the Board, I am accountable to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. My relations with the minister are direct and will go through the appropriate channels, through the officials of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Mr. Wayne Clarkson, whom your comm

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, there are documentary films. I'm not answering you in my capacity as Chair of Telefilm Canada. My role is generally not to determine whether we should fund such and such a film. That concerns operations, and that's not my department. I'll leave that to Telefilm Canada offici

Canadian Heritage committee  In my opinion, a fund that would have the effect of stimulating co-production, whether it be for French- or English-language films, is, as I'm speaking to you now, a vision for the future of Telefilm Canada.

Canadian Heritage committee  I know that the Department of Canadian Heritage has previously worked on the development of a policy. It's not just a matter of presenting a program. That program has to be given a framework by a departmental policy. I know that the Department of Canadian Heritage has already sta

Canadian Heritage committee  —as soon as possible, I hope. I haven't seen the timetable.