Official Languages committee  Having said that, you cannot compare the mandate, or the funding.

Official Languages committee  Our charm—

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  It is a bit like that. As regards Radio-Canada, for francophone communities, especially minority ones in the country, the service offered is not at all a reflection of the community.

Official Languages committee  No.

Official Languages committee  Not at all, no.

Official Languages committee  Precisely. Each one has its own mandate.

Official Languages committee  I do not recall having spoken of our audience rating.

Official Languages committee  In a province like New Brunswick, one measure of audience loyalty to our community radio stations, in comparison with the CBC, allows us to see that more or less 110,000 people listen to our community radio stations whereas 4,000 people—and perhaps I am exaggerating—spend time ev

Official Languages committee  No. Our radio stations have no competition. The ARC's radio stations in Canada are situated in minority language communities. There are of course no other private French radio stations that exist where ours are. Moreover, we cannot consider the CBC as a competitor. Their mandate

Official Languages committee  Those figures come from a study conducted by the Government of New Brunswick at the time.

Official Languages committee  No.

Official Languages committee  We can say the following: we are often provided with tools, but in a sense, we are not allowed to use them. At one point in time, there was a program called Francommunauté virtuelle which was set up to help develop Internet sites. However, it did not last. Once the websites were

Official Languages committee  There is an advantage for the government when community radio is established in the communities. When we announce job vacancies that have been advertised by the local employment insurance office, the government stands to gain because someone may eventually find a job and pack a l

Official Languages committee  Ladies and gentlemen, it is clear that the current funding model has limits. First, fundraising campaigns have, to all intents and purposes, no potential for growth. There is only so much money that can be raised through bingo nights, fund matching and other such types of activit