Information & Ethics committee  I've already answered that for your colleague. Yes, ultimately it's the commissioner who ought to decide.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, we gave you our policy advice in the presentation. Jean-Jacques Rousseau once said, “I'm here to discuss principles. I will not dispute the facts.” I'm not an expert. I believe that Parliament--it doesn't matter if I believe it or not--is sovereign, and if an act of Parlia

Information & Ethics committee  First, it's true that CBC receives money from this Parliament, a substantial amount of money, but it receives another 30% of its money from commercial sources.

Information & Ethics committee  As you know, CBC is a series of institutions held together as a corporation. The most commercial of its activities would be that of the English television network. Somewhere between 40% and 45% of the money comes from the parliamentary grant, and the balance is from commercial ac

Information & Ethics committee  I'll supply you with the requests, and I'll supply you with the answers, if you want to just see them.

Information & Ethics committee  I can give you an executive summary. It was not 1% satisfactory.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. Forgive me if I speak in my preferred official language. First, you're talking about the board of directors of the respective organizations. Of course, every country is different, but one thing that most of them have in common is that the board of directors selects t

Information & Ethics committee  I can't get into something of which I have no knowledge, like whether some journalist's travel expenses are something that should or should not be on the public record. You'd have to check it. I liked the approach of the Information Commissioner in suggesting to you that.... Help

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. I think that general approach is correct. At a policy level, I rather liked and sympathized with the position of the commissioner. At an anecdotal level, I think there's no doubt that Quebecor is not a disinterested party here, and as I said, we often dismiss something they

Information & Ethics committee  Let me just talk about the one I know best. My colleagues and I are not saying the same things, but we have great respect for each other. The name Magid Associates is not new to you.

Information & Ethics committee  We just wanted to know how much money--we think it was $10 million--had actually gone to New York. That's all. They said no, for journalistic reasons. We've heard too many anecdotes to not recognize that there's a problem. The problem comes from the president and the board of dir

Information & Ethics committee  I see it as more complicated than that. When the political party that you are part of was in government, there was, within that party, pro- and anti-public broadcasting debate and discussion behind closed doors. The issue of public broadcasting is a difficult issue for the Cons

Information & Ethics committee  First, there's no such organization as “Friends of CBC”. That would be a good cause. Somebody should take it up. Our group is called Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.

Information & Ethics committee  Just for the record, because you said that, we are a watchdog for Canadian programming on radio, TV, and new media. So we watch the CBC and CTV. Sometimes, even if I don't want to, I have to admit I watch Sun TV news. Our job is like the radar dish in an airport. We're watching a

Information & Ethics committee  President Lacroix recently dismissed, or constructively dismissed, SRC's ombudsman. President Lacroix has a lot of power, and without the accountability.