Canadian Heritage committee  Legislation is not created for theoretical reasons but to deal with a problem.

Canadian Heritage committee  Before you continue, Mr. Koto, I would like to qualify something: the Code concerning violence on television is a condition of the granting of a licence—

Canadian Heritage committee  .. to each broadcaster, and in fact, this is an act. If you want to be protected by the Broadcasting Act, you can indeed invoke this licence.

Canadian Heritage committee  There wouldn't be any change. Why? Because a law doesn't change anything.

Canadian Heritage committee  It is not a matter of opinion, but in this case it is an opinion that we do not share.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think that the various communities in Canada do not necessarily share the same values,the same traditions, but generally speaking, the traditions of each of these communities should be promoted.There are certain exceptions when it comes to law and order that have to be made in

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, not only is it a correct understanding, but I also think it's very important that it be emphasized. We don't have censorship in Canada. The CRTC reacts to complaints and the CBSC reacts to complaints. It is absolutely the case that we do not take the initiative to, as it we

Canadian Heritage committee  Do you mean a watchdog body that is not an NGO? Is that what you're saying?

Canadian Heritage committee  No, not necessarily. I think there is ample opportunity and freedom in this country to create bodies that deal with concerns of this nature. Media Watch was one such body for a good period of time, run for quite some time by Shari Graydon, who was originally from your area of the

Canadian Heritage committee  —and, as you know, is now in Ottawa. My point is that Media Watch was such a body. Is there a place for bodies of that kind? There is, absolutely. I think it's a great free society in which opportunities like that exist when there are problems. I don't begin with the assumption

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, that might be the case. The question is how much of that even occurs. Mr. Angus has raised an issue. I haven't seen that program. It's a general principle at the Broadcast Standards Council that we don't make judgments about a particular issue when an issue has not been w

Canadian Heritage committee  We can't. Simultaneous substitution does not fall within our jurisdiction. It falls within the jurisdiction of the CRTC.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's right.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't have a comparable statistic with me, but I just checked with our director of policy, and I expect that area is probably, generally speaking, on an increase--has been, over a period of time--with more adult sexual content raising concerns for some Canadians than has previo

Canadian Heritage committee  Basically there is a role that we have: we can indicate that something is problematic and draw conclusions, and we have done that on numerous occasions. There is a protection in terms of content that might be described as violent content intended for adult audiences. There would