Official Languages committee  We have to provide the same percentage.

Official Languages committee  Absolutely, because a community radio station is first and foremost the station of that community. It is not just the station of one or two individuals; it is the entire community's radio station. It is the community that chooses to have a station. So our radio stations are deep

Official Languages committee  When a decision is made to start up a community radio station, it involves an extraordinary effort of mobilization and awareness raising within the community, with regard to what a community radio station is and how it will serve the community. I don't know whether it is importan

Official Languages committee  This has not yet been done. We asked for a meeting with Minister Moore. We are still waiting.

Official Languages committee  The first time was a year and a half ago. We asked again last year, in November. We finally received an acknowledgement of the request stating that we would get a meeting later on. We believe that government officials will await the results of the Community and Campus Radio Poli

Official Languages committee  Yes, applications were filed with the CRTC when we appeared regarding the review.

Official Languages committee  It was in January, but we do not necessarily expect to see the new policy before the fall. It is a rather long process.

Official Languages committee  Yes, we made several requests, including approximately a dozen requests for more flexibility.

Official Languages committee  In answer to the question as to whether or not radio stations will die if we do not get funding, I would say yes, indeed, radio stations will disappear and it will be in major markets.

Official Languages committee  This station is meeting a community need. Communities need their own stations. I could give you the example of Rivière-la-Paix, in Alberta. Rivière-la-Paix has the same problem, that is to say that the community does not have a big enough population to allow the station to survi

Official Languages committee  In fact, this will create possibilities that we did not have previously. On the other hand, this is very threatening to us. You need adequate resources to make the leap into the new media. If we had the resources, it could be an opportunity; if not, it would be a constraint, whic

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Unfortunately not, apart from one or two stations who subscribe to the BBM polling organization. It is very expensive. That is why only one or two are subscribers. The others are not. We do not therefore have real results. I recall a ratings survey carried out in Ontario a few ye

Official Languages committee  It certainly could be one way of doing so. However, it is all well and good to invest in new media and in youth, but if the main resource is not the station, there is no point in investing there.

Official Languages committee  We need a permanent staff member in order to explore those areas.