Canadian Heritage committee  I believe it is effective, and I think the fact that Canadians have not been lodging complaints to a huge degree since it's been in place is perhaps evidence of that. It could be evidence, of course, that they're not well educated about the mechanisms. But I think the government

Canadian Heritage committee  We believe they are.

Canadian Heritage committee  First question. Were you referring to using the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council?

Canadian Heritage committee  No. I do visit the site. I do read the reports. I know that Canadians do use it to lodge complaints. The health component is really important and the developmental component is really important. It's too bad there aren't health experts here, because they could speak to this with

Canadian Heritage committee  No, the two main studies we've conducted are on children's Internet use. We conducted the largest study in Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, on children's Internet use. We did it in 2001 and 2005, when we spoke to over 5,000 students, and that's where we found out about

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly with the Internet there was not a lot of education happening as the country was being connected. There was a connectivity agenda to get all of our schools and libraries connected—which are two of our large stakeholder groups, so we did in fact end up doing a lot of rese

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, you will have to check out our media violence section, because we have a very good research section there. There have not been a lot of longitudinal studies on the impact of media violence on aggression. One of the only ones, which came out of the U.S., didn't look at the

Canadian Heritage committee  I have to say, as an educational organization not an advocacy organization, that we do advocate for education only. We look at the systems that are in place in the country. We educate people about them. We show them the debates. As a matter of fact, we have a very interesting med

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm sorry. One role of media educators is to make sure we have a well-formed populace who understands the mechanisms in place in Canada. I think they are not well understood. That's what we try to teach young people. We try to teach them the role of the codes of the Broadcast Sta

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. Yes, we don't think of media literacy as a magic bullet. Of course there are many other people who have to play a role in this. Broadcasters have to play a role--they have to adhere to the broadcasting code for violence--and parents have a very important role to play.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. My name is Cathy Wing. I'm the co-executive director of the Media Awareness Network, Réseau Éducation-Médias. I'm very pleased to be here today to present this submission to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage as it debates Bill C-327, An Act to amend the B