Industry committee  I talked about the successes in the music world earlier, but it's very difficult right now. Sales in the music industry in Canada have fallen more than 30% as a result, among other things, of illegal downloading over the Internet. In the past four years, Quebec artists have maint

Industry committee  I'd like to go back to your first point. Both Canadian and Quebec cultural policies have contributed to the development of Quebec culture. I can attest to that in the case of song more than in any other field. In that area, I often still hear things that surprise me. such as, fo

Industry committee  Second, before concluding that Canada is poorly served, I invite you to reread the 2008 CRTC Communications Monitoring Report, the title of which no longer includes the words “radio-television and telecommunications”, but rather “communications”. It can be seen in that report tha

Industry committee  Good morning. My name is Solange Drouin. I am Vice-President and Director General of Public Affairs at ADISQ. First, I want to thank you for inviting us to appear before you today to discuss and consider with you the important issue you have undertaken to study under your curre