Canadian Heritage committee  I was just turning to Mr. Engelhart to ask who the constitutional lawyer on our panel was. I have no comment.

Canadian Heritage committee  Those commitments were made by our predecessor company, CHUM. Frankly, it was those commitments that put them into the financial difficulty they found themselves in and forced them to sell. We knew that we would operate those stations over the course of a year and a half before w

Canadian Heritage committee  Those numbers that you cited, Mr. Angus, of course relate to Rogers Communications, its wireless group and cable group. Rogers Media is a separate entity. But in any event, we are part of Rogers Communications. What we are trying to do is build a station group that can sustain i

Canadian Heritage committee  Our position is that one of the things we are adding.... Local programming is one thing, but news is another. Our commitment is to add, of those 20 hours, a minimum of 10 hours of news. In many of those markets CHUM had eliminated news, and it's our intention to restore it. News

Canadian Heritage committee  I think first we have to look at the industry as a whole. Lately, as is frequently the case during a recession or an economic slowdown, the completely advertising-supported services, like over-the-air television, suffer most. Most broadcasters have tried to counter that by also o

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, under the circumstances, because the commission is going to look at it in its entirety in one year. It has called a hearing for one year hence.

Canadian Heritage committee  I want to make one distinction. In Winnipeg we would qualify under the current terms as described or proposed by the CRTC. Our Winnipeg City station would benefit from the LPIF.