Canadian Heritage committee  Advertising is dealt with by Advertising Standards Canada, and it can easily be found either through our website, where it is linked, or directly, of course, quite easily. Advertising Standards Canada is very good and very experienced and deals with most advertising issues in bro

Canadian Heritage committee  No. What I'm saying is that there is, as it were, a bye, in the best competitive sports sense, for programming that may contain violence intended for adults that comes in prior to the watershed hour of nine o'clock, so that programming has a benefit from the point of view of the

Canadian Heritage committee  No. I'm saying that only in the violence area can they benefit from any advantage, if you wish to call it that, with respect to the adult nature of the violence. It is only that issue; something may come in, let's say, an hour earlier because it comes in that way from the States.

Canadian Heritage committee  But you mentioned—

Canadian Heritage committee  It perhaps was not the objective, but—

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  I understand you, but the nature of—

Canadian Heritage committee  The nature of the violence in some video games gives an indication of what needs to be done whenever children are exposed to children. That of course is under the control of the parents.

Canadian Heritage committee  The problem is that television no longer broadcasts that level of violence. If anyone wants to do so, they do it through the means of violent games like those. You say that there is a difference between the complaints and the content. The complaints represent a sort of poll.

Canadian Heritage committee  A survey like this is not official because anyone is free to lodge a complaint.

Canadian Heritage committee  That shows that we are mitigating the problem in this area.

Canadian Heritage committee  First—and believe me, no pun is intended, Mr. Angus—that may be a question of taste, to a considerable extent. I couldn't imagine watching the circumstances that you just described. We have provision in our Broadcasting Act and regulations that deal with simultaneous substituti

Canadian Heritage committee  I do not know it in detail, but diversity is very important to us.

Canadian Heritage committee  Our problem, of course, is first and foremost the issue of public television versus private television. I understand you completely. You are here to study public television. Unfortunately, we only represent private radio and television. Furthermore, our mandate does not include d

Canadian Heritage committee  At least one aspect is quite telling. From the time Virginie Larivière presented her petition to Prime Minister Mulroney, when violence on television was a fairly significant concern—and when there were a lot of children's programs containing violent elements, including Mighty Mo