Canadian Heritage committee  In answer to your first question, the stations that belong to the Fédération des télévisions communautaires autonomes du Québec only broadcast by cable. Our signal is distributed only by cable carriers. It is not distributed by any other means, by satellite or otherwise. In fact

Canadian Heritage committee  In closing, independent community television remains a prime alternative to the reduction of time allocated for local and regional news by the major networks. It is the people themselves who organize around a community media outlet rather than allow themselves to be organized by

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, we are here before you today to remind you that the Broadcasting Act provides that the Canadian system comprises three elements: public, private and community. We are representatives of the community element. The television stations we rep