Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  It was in 2007.

Official Languages committee  No, the government does not contribute to its funding. The fund is for this year. Actually, there is an agreement now with private broadcasters who will be paying money into it for the development of Canadian content. We are talking about a fund of about $1 million for this year.

Official Languages committee  Not yet, but the government did allow for the fund to be set up initially.

Official Languages committee  We are trying to secure a meeting with government representatives to talk about a future contribution.

Official Languages committee  Yes, but I am not able to tell you what the status of that process is. Part of the plan of the fund managers is to meet with government officials.

Official Languages committee  No, I'm just a member.

Official Languages committee  Yes, putting content on social platforms takes an enormous amount of time. You have to be there as often as possible in order to stimulate discussion. Some radio stations have only a web page. They haven't yet really developed a site, because they don't have the time to do it. An

Official Languages committee  Actually, a meeting was recently held to talk with Canadian Heritage about what has been done thus far under the Roadmap and to find out whether we had received anything with respect to the media, culture, and other components of the program. That took place about a month ago Ott

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  It was a mid-term evaluation. They wanted to know whether there had been any successes and, if so, find out more about them. The APF and our association have not had any, other than Franco Médias 2010, which was a success thanks to the Roadmap. But, other than that, the Roadmap d

Official Languages committee  In closing, we say that community radio stations are not definitely of critical importance to all our communities, and to the country as a whole. Furthermore, we are trying to do our best with the few resources at our disposal. However, we believe that an annual contribution of $

Official Languages committee  The Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada, the National Campus and Community Radio Association and the Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec, which together represent 140 community and campus radio stations across the country and are supported by more th

Official Languages committee  Ladies and gentlemen, the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada would like to begin by thanking you for the invitation to appear before the Standing Committee on Official Languages. We are pleased to have this opportunity to contribute to improving programs and service del

Official Languages committee  Thank you.