Canadian Heritage committee  For our radio stations, we get nothing. With regard to federal advertising, we received $110,000 this year. We went from $750,000 in the year H1N1 hit to $100,000 today for 27 radio stations. You can do the math. That is not much.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, they are tremendous. A total of $100,000 for 27 radio stations, that is peanuts.

Canadian Heritage committee  It pays the power.

Canadian Heritage committee  We had the same information that the APF did.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would add that it would be interesting to look into advertising because in almost all countries, the studies that are being published show that online advertising is not working. People are not getting their money's worth. When people see an ad, they close it. Online ads are ir

Canadian Heritage committee  It affects us because the mandate of these companies eventually fell to the communities. The problem is that we were not given the resources to fulfill this mandate. We are therefore stuck with a very broad mandate, but without any financial resources to be able to give people th

Canadian Heritage committee  How can we do that? We propose that a program to support minority media be set up. The purpose of the program, which would be modelled on the one created by the Government of Quebec, would be to provide basic financial support for minority radio stations and newspapers. The suppo

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning, Madam Chair and committee members. My name is François Côté, and I am the secretary general of the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada. With me this morning is Simon Forgues, who is our development and communications officer. First, we would like to thank

Canadian Heritage committee  In Europe and Asia, the transition from analog to digital has sped up in recent years. In some countries, all radio stations will soon be converted to the digital band and there will be no more analog stations. Norway is one such country. These countries still believe in the pote

Official Languages committee  Advertising represents about 30% or 35% of our funding. The rest comes from fundraising campaigns.

Official Languages committee  Not at the local level. Possibly at the national level. We obviously would like to see a much higher percentage of government advertising.

Official Languages committee  Yes, but you know as well as we do that, given the current state of the economy, it is not necessarily easy everywhere. There are some communities where things are better.

Official Languages committee  Yes, I was the executive director of that station.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Some of our stations have students come in during the summer, but there are not many who do. I would say it is about 10% of radio stations overall. It depends on the market.