Government Operations committee  Before the budget was presented, a lot of artistic groups lobbied because they wanted that funding to be maintained.

Government Operations committee  You will recall that in Budget 2011 the $100 million to the Canada Media Fund was made permanent. You see it in the main estimates this year because what used to come year to year as funding has not been added to what we already had. I think we already had $30-something million,

Government Operations committee  Absolutely.

Government Operations committee  It leverages almost twice as much money from the broadcast units and the cable companies.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely. There was no cut to any sport funding.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Armstrong, the minister based his decision on the cost of the experience and the number of youth who could be helped by the Katimavik program. We helped 600 youth with $15 million. Our other programs help us extend our outreach much further. We are helping nearly 100,000 you

Government Operations committee  There have been no cuts to the operating budget of the Canada Council for the Arts. That is correct.

Government Operations committee  I do not have that at my fingertips. However, it is true that Canada was one of the only countries that did not cut their arts and culture funding during the crisis, unlike, for example, Great Britain, the United States and most industrialized countries.

Government Operations committee  You are correct. It's viewed as being successful. As a matter of fact, other countries see that very much as a model.

Government Operations committee  The Canada Periodical Fund operates somewhat like the Canada Media Fund. There are applications and criteria. We try to encourage conventional publications to go digital. We also try to urge people in the digital field to move more toward the conventional sector. I do not have a

Government Operations committee  Before the budget, we had already reduced our structural deficit by $40 million, which represents two-thirds of the total deficit. We plan to reduce the remaining $26 million over three years. On April 10, when we announced the impact of our measures to our employees, we had alr

Government Operations committee  First I would like to clarify one point. There was funding, but it was temporary. It became permanent in last year's budget, and that is what you see in the estimates. As for the way that funding is invested, there is private business funding. That is a budget of more than $300

Government Operations committee  It is for television and interactive media. We are looking at all platforms now. Some criteria even require an audiovisual creation to be offered on more than one platform.

Government Operations committee  To $100 million for the permanent funding.

Government Operations committee  The department's structural deficit is really internal. It affects what we call our vote 1s. The origin of the deficit goes back as far as 2003. There have been reduction exercises in the past that were not implemented at the department. There were also other secondary measures.