Canadian Heritage committee  No. I'm really suggesting that for shows that contain a great deal of violence, violence that would come under the violence code—and many programs on television do not fall into that category, but for the television programs that do contain a great deal of violence—it should be i

Canadian Heritage committee  I also didn't see the bill as being practical in terms of achieving its objectives, so I didn't support it for that reason. I would like to add one quick thing. It sounds as if the CRTC suggested a form of financial penalties. I would like to recommend that if this is the direct

Canadian Heritage committee  It's been a while since I read this wonderful study the CTF did, but it seems to me that in the study the kids themselves indicate that they think their parents should be more censorious, should be more engaged in telling them that they should not or cannot watch or play certain

Canadian Heritage committee  The short answer is no, because I was unaware of the bill until I was invited to appear before the committee. I see that Ron Cohen, from the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, who I know and respect, is here, so I will have the opportunity to suggest to him my modifications.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, in fact, in previous years, when the television violence code was first introduced, we did speak then about our concerns, and have since, about the after-the-fact nature of the way the code is administered. We have previously expressed concerns that the process takes a very,

Canadian Heritage committee  It might really reduce the amount of violence on television.

Canadian Heritage committee  The short answer is that your point is well taken. I have no idea what the volume of violence currently on television would require in terms of that kind of advance screening. It might be that, practically speaking, you would have to develop a system by which a broadcaster submit

Canadian Heritage committee  I think that's an unfair characterization. A decade ago, the broadcasters themselves acknowledged that there was a problem with regard to TV violence. That's why they developed the code in the first place, and that's why they have supported it. In a society in which we're all aff

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm suggesting that any programming that contains enough violence to fall on one side or the other of the violence code guidelines should be subjected to pre-screening.

Canadian Heritage committee  First, unless the government is prepared to give the CRTC considerably more money to engage in the monitoring that it's asking for, I don't think the bill will work. Secondly, I would prefer to see this kind of energy and investment go in advance of the broadcast. So I don't su

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. I think parents are less actively involved in mediating their kids' consumption of media, in part because of the explosion of sources. There's something shocking and unfortunate about the very fact that, as the CTF study found, 50% of Canadian kids had televisions in

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly I think fines would have more of a deterrent factor than the apology does currently. I'm proposing, though, that money gets spent up front that would prevent the material from being on in the first place.

Canadian Heritage committee  Currently that's the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. If a complaint is made, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has panels of citizens and broadcasters who get together. They review the material that has been complained about, and they adjudicate it against the violen

Canadian Heritage committee  I couldn't answer that; the CBSC probably could. Right now they're only adjudicating material that's complained about. I would suggest that there is all sorts of other material that would fall under the--

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon. Thank you very much for inviting me to appear before the committee today. My name is Shari Graydon, and I'm here representing Media Action, Action média. We are a national non-profit organization that is dedicated to raising public awareness of the social impact