Canadian Heritage committee  That's all right.

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Chair, through you to the member, as you look at what I offer here, I think the one thing is perhaps the lack of a title. There's no “Patrone was the executive director of this; he was the VP of that”. There is none of that, and I've never had that kind of title. What I have

Canadian Heritage committee  It was great. One of the things mentioned to me while I was at CTV was that, because of the relatively young staff, they thought of me as kind of the grizzled veteran on the staff. So it was particularly heartening for me to come to the CRTC. I was told that I was really apprecia

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Chair, I was part of the machinery that produced local programming. Recently we have seen evidence that the gap between programs purchased from outside Canada, mainly the U.S., and the programming produced in Canada is growing. I believe it's now up to $107 million. That refl

Canadian Heritage committee  I would have to give that some thought, Mr. Chair. I would have to think about that long and hard. I know there are provisions in the act, section 15, for instance, in which the minister is entitled to seek the guidance and expertise of the CRTC on issues. I know that recently ha

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Chair, I just want to clarify something about what I said about Monsieur Morin. If I said he represents CBC, that was incorrect. He does not represent anybody on that commission except himself and what he brings in terms of his own experience. So I don't want that to be on th

Canadian Heritage committee  I thank the member very much for his comments. He couldn't be any more correct when he talks about the public airwaves and the need to have Canadian voices on those airwaves. Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  Ahead of being contacted?

Canadian Heritage committee  What would I think I'd be qualified--

Canadian Heritage committee  It's a speculative question.

Canadian Heritage committee  What I think, based on my qualifications, is that when I--

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, I didn't give my CV ahead of that.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't mind answering that question.

Canadian Heritage committee  As far as I can recall, over the course of years I may have applied for a position and simply forgotten about it. I mean, you can go on Workopolis and see what's out there.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's correct, fourteen and one-half years. I started in September 1993. That was a return to CTV. I had actually worked in New Brunswick for two and one-half years, where I ran the bureau. So I gained an appreciation of life in the Maritimes, in that part of the Maritimes. Tha