Canadian Heritage committee  If I may, a licence fee functions like a fee. So for a certain set fee, the broadcasters get the rights to a program at a certain geographical area for a certain amount of time. To compare it to a car lease, for example, if I were to lease a car and my lease expires after three y

Canadian Heritage committee  It we may bring up a point, we do think that if the government is truly committed to a fund that has an independent board, then that board should be composed of completely independent members. That means that people who sit on the board and decide how the funding is appropriated

Canadian Heritage committee  Documentaries represent an important part of Canada's national fabric. They are one of our most successful forums of cultural expression, celebrated internationally, and they are extremely popular with audiences domestically. Indeed, across the various art forms the documentary g