Official Languages committee  There's a bit of subscription, and we get some help from the editor's fund.

Official Languages committee  That's fair to say, but it also depends on what's going on inside the newspaper organization, regardless of how interested in activism a school is or not. Often it comes down to what kinds of teachers are promoting media. One initiative in Quebec is this key word, which I guess

Official Languages committee  I'm not sure what the numbers are across Quebec, but I'd say the numbers are medium to low.

Official Languages committee  Certainly stable funding for small newspapers would be particularly interesting in a program to hire sales managers, advertising sales managers, because time after time, once that sales manager is hired, the stability of a newspaper is far more assured. Going back to your youth

Official Languages committee  Different newspapers are very different, so on behalf of the Community Newspapers Association....

Official Languages committee  Of what percentage comes from advertising sales...? Professionally, I represent three newspapers. We have three newspapers in our independent company, and advertising sales account for about 80% to 90% of our income.

Official Languages committee  Do you mean outside of election time?

Official Languages committee  It's hit and miss. Our local MPs will run ads for the poppy campaign or at New Year's, or greetings such as Merry Christmas or on Canada Day. That's when we'll get a business card, at a time when everyone is putting in a greeting, or for school safety—

Official Languages committee  I don't want to say never, but I'd say it's very rare.

Official Languages committee  It's the same. Some are for free distribution in a Publisac.

Official Languages committee  No. For example, the one I edit is one-third subscription. Not all of them are free at all.

Official Languages committee  My contribution on the part of the Quebec Community Newspapers Association is to echo, basically, what Francis and François said. As for the landscape, with social media and website presence for media, help in that regard is really critical in terms of having a presence and stay

Official Languages committee  Over the last couple of years we've had extensive discussions about defining what a newspaper is. Is it a newspaper just because it's paper? Is a “newspaper” that pops up at election time a newspaper? Does it have to have subscriptions? Does it have to have an editorial page? Man

Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  First of all, you're lucky to come from an area with such a healthy community newspaper environment. The newspapers there are doing very well, and all regions of Canada have a lot to learn from the Sunshine Coast newspaper industry.