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Canadian Heritage committee A box office tax falls under provincial jurisdiction. We have nothing to do with that.
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger
Canadian Heritage committee I can only talk about what I know. I don't know what the situation is like in the rest of Canada.
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger
Canadian Heritage committee As the law is currently worded, I believe that we would have to operate by way of legislative process.
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger
Canadian Heritage committee Basically, yes, because if you want to get out of the silo approach, you need to have a total revenue that would allow you to put your resources where the opportunities are. This is what we are being caught with at this point in time: others decide, in a way, where those resource
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger
Canadian Heritage committee Those are two different questions. As regards the issue of the board, to be perfectly clear, let us emphasize that the provision I alluded to earlier created a little imbroglio that lasted for seven or eight months, that is until were able to re-establish the quorum. The quorum,
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger
Canadian Heritage committee All right. I understand your question very well in that case.
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger
Canadian Heritage committee I will begin and then I will ask my colleagues to complete my answer. As I was saying during my presentation, the Telefilm Canada Act goes back to 1967. It has been somewhat overtaken by events. We realize that we have been able to cover the audio-visual field through contributi
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger
Canadian Heritage committee The answer is yes.
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger
Canadian Heritage committee The answer is no.
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger
Canadian Heritage committee Nothing, as of this moment.
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger
Canadian Heritage committee That is how we see it, but so long as things are not clearly and concretely set out, we cannot say that it is a done deal.
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you, Wayne. Telefilm's board is also concerned with the corporation's increasing need for flexibility to meet its objectives and to improve its client service. The Telefilm Canada Act that was passed by Parliament in March 2005 conferred the powers of a natural person on
November 29th, 2006Committee meeting
Charles Bélanger