Official Languages committee  Mr. Petit, I'm convinced you have something else to do than to see me, but it was a pleasure for me to meet you this morning. As for the act and our obligations, the Broadcasting Act is very clear on the balance, the importance of English and French in our programming. Given my

Official Languages committee  I admit that it happened this morning when I was making certain changes to the document. The version I'm working on is bilingual because I want my opening remarks to reflect the two official languages. You're right. If there are typographical errors in the document, I accept full

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chairman, I've had these conservations with the people our on team since the coverage of this impact. There is one point that I've talked about, I don't remember with which member: we increasingly realize that television may not be the best possible medium for an event that l

Official Languages committee  I understood from the conversations with our vice-president of the English service that there have been format suggestions, but that the discussions are not very advanced and that it was up to gala organizers to consider how they wanted to approach the broadcaster they chose or t

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your comments, Mr. Coderre. First of all, I'm the boss. It falls on my desk, it stops at my desk, and I accept full responsibility for it. That moreover is what Richard Stursberg did in working with the independent producers. He took responsibility for the gala. Yo

Official Languages committee  Yes, he was a director at CBC/Radio-Canada.

Official Languages committee  Mr. LeBreton was unfortunately replaced before I arrived, and I don't exactly know which person filled which seat on the board of CBC/Radio-Canada, but I'll be pleased to inquire and to forward that information to you.

Official Languages committee  There are programmers in a large number of our sites, because we don't just do national programming; we also do regional programming. People are part of the programming process in each of CBC/Radio-Canada's centres, but the two biggest programming centres are in Toronto and Montr

Official Languages committee  Mr. Godin, there are 55 months left in my five-year term. I hope to be able to change your perception of Radio-Canada's service delivery.

Official Languages committee  I don't have much to add to your comment, but it's duly noted, Mr. Godin.

Official Languages committee  I hope to be able to change your perception during those 55 months. If you invite me back two months before the end of my term, in five years, and you are still a member of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, I hope you'll ask me the question again or that you'll tell m

Official Languages committee  You see, that's a good example.

Official Languages committee  There's talent everywhere in Canada.

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chong. I'm happy to hear you are an avid user of our services and listener to our programs. Thank you for that. I hope that doesn't change. Thank you for bringing up this aspect of our lives, which is an important one. This report you referred to speaks about $33

Official Languages committee  Mr. Chairman, Mr. Nadeau, I'm not involved in the details of the negotiations between the people responsible for the programming and the Radio-Canada people. I couldn't tell you how things like that work. I simply know that, in the case of the gala, it was an independent producer