Finance committee  Because when it comes to co-production, the industry has already been waiting too long. Canada is losing very important, very beneficial international contacts. Indeed, our producers are no longer appreciated as partners with foreign producers, since our system is too bureaucrati

Finance committee  Vidéotron and Cogeco are already involved, for their cable television services.

Finance committee  They contribute from their cable TV revenues. We have always asked ourselves this. Now, at the government's request, all content produced with the Canadian Television Fund must be distributed on all platforms. Of course, many of these cable providers are also Internet services p

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Claire Samson. I am the President and CEO of the Association des producteurs de films et de télévision du Québec. With me today is Brigitte Doucet, Deputy General Director. For 40 years now, the APFTQ has been the umbrella organization for over

Finance committee  Third, funding for the Canada Feature Film Fund needs to be increased and a separate fund must be created for documentary feature films. We believe that an additional $20 million needs to be invested to boost the Canadian film industry, specifically, $15 million for the Canada Fe

Canadian Heritage committee  As content providers—and you talked about this a little earlier with the other group—we don't have a position of seeking to flee the reality or to go backwards. I think it's important that Canadian artists and producers be present in the new media since the attraction of our cult

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Péladeau's plan has one great quality, it's clear. When he says he wants it all, he wants it all. Of course it worries us, because we think—in particular in Quebec we think—that the success of Canadian production, Quebec production, and of Quebec culture resides in the fact t

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I'm contradicting them. There are limits to “pipes”; there are limits to this pipe. As in the example you cited concerning smart phones, the person who controls the pipe controls the content. We live in a quite developed country, which can decide that its culture will exist

Canadian Heritage committee  First, we are indeed not in favour of greater access to Canadian ownership for foreign interests, whether it be in satellites or broadcasting. Today, those businesses are all vertically and horizontally integrated. It would be extremely difficult to limit that to satellites. An

Canadian Heritage committee  In closing, I'll talk about financing. The creation of the Canada Media Fund has shaken up the established order. From now on, not only will the fund finance the production of original television content, but that content will also have to include one or more digital media compon

Canadian Heritage committee  As for Canadian content, we firmly believe that the new Canadian communications policy, including communication concerning digital media, will have to provide, in particular, for regulations that afford a framework for the supply of cultural content through digital media. Today,

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon. The APFTQ has been in existence for more than 40 years now and represents more than 130 professional production companies working in both official languages in all audiovisual production sectors in Quebec. We want to thank the committee for the opportunity to exp

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr, Angus, I wish I could add one chapter to your catastrophe book. As we are observing, the plan unfolds. After we've made television, and whatever is going to be left of it, the cheapest spot, let us mute our core business to the new platforms that we do not want to be regulate

Canadian Heritage committee  Do you want me to talk to you about criteria?

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the Canadian Television Fund, as it was, offered a happy balance between the audience reached and the quality of the licences granted by a broadcaster to a producer. If the licences were minimal, it wasn't very profitable for it, but if the licence was improved and enhanc