Canadian Heritage committee  I'll just say something about the musical ecology of Vancouver. I think one of the things the CBC orchestra has done is bring together musicians from all different types of performing areas in Vancouver. It is true that there is a certain amount of income for musicians from the C

Canadian Heritage committee  If I could just add one thing, if you look at this as a product--although it is one--I think you do miss the point that the vulnerability of it is not something about revitalizing it or dismissing it. This is a matter of protecting it. In terms of what we're asking for classical

Canadian Heritage committee  I think one of the key questions about CBC, and I think you're getting to it, is content. The budget is something, and money is important. But what we're really talking about is the quality of the content, and it's very hard to tell CBC we want better content. It's not your job.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll say that additively, it is wonderful. I think it's wonderful that CBC does really work with the Internet. But I agree: only as an additive component.

Canadian Heritage committee  First, I actually would like to say that this is a very wonderful question, because I think we have to walk a very fine line. But I also think that this committee represents enough intelligence to know where that line is in terms of instructing and advising. One of the issues, we

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. I'm Jeremy Berkman. I'd just like to speak as a musician to one issue of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio Orchestra, and that is the art of recording, which is actually very different from the art of live performance, and it's something the radio orchestra has b

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Chairman, I'll start. My name is Jeremy Berkman.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and honourable members of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. My name is Jeremy Berkman, and I am a Vancouver-based trombonist who performs with a broad section of musical ensembles, though I'm not a member of the CBC Radio Orchestra. This year's