Canadian Heritage committee  I am always available to help the committee.

Canadian Heritage committee  As you saw in the response the minister issued regarding your study, that approach was not part of her letter concerning another entity taking over the program. I must say that our internal analyses of the program indicate that it is working fairly well.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't have the figures with me to do an international comparison right now. There is, however, one difference that should be taken into account when it comes to CBC's revenues: the fact that the Canada Media Fund did not exist up until a certain point. It provides a source of r

Canadian Heritage committee  The facts do show that CBC's revenues were indeed a bit higher before the recession. After the recession, its commercial revenues dropped, as would be normal in any recession. Then they came back up. Last year was special in that the revenues generated by the Olympic games were

Canadian Heritage committee  A plan has been established to commemorate all the events right up until 2017. We are already seeing the results. For instance, the events to mark the Charlottetown Conference and the Québec Conference are included in the estimates. The $11 million being requested covers all the

Canadian Heritage committee  As you said, 2017 is an important year, but Canada's history did not begin in 1867.

Canadian Heritage committee  I worked under you when you were a minister. So you know what we, as public servants, are capable of.

Canadian Heritage committee  We do our best. I have no doubt that the 2017 celebrations will be incredible.

Canadian Heritage committee  The bulk of this will be transfers to community, but there is a small operating component, which appears in vote 1.

Canadian Heritage committee  Different countries have different models for support, including the source of financing. I lived in the U.K. for two years. They actually collect a televison tax. They literally had folks who would go around and detect whether you had a television, and then you would have to pay

Canadian Heritage committee  This is one of those cases where a funding renewal is announced in the budget. It's too late to appear in mains so this is kind of a catch-up for that. So you're right, this is not incremental to the money we have spent in the past, but it didn't appear in the mains because it wa

Canadian Heritage committee  As a hockey player, I think Patrick will be thrilled to give you this one.

Canadian Heritage committee  If you're talking about re-broadcast of American shows, for example, I'm not aware of a statutory prohibition on the CBC using some American shows in their re-broadcast to raise revenues. All Canadian broadcasters do have access, whether the CBC or not, to the competitive Canad

Canadian Heritage committee  Is this the Venice Biennale or the Milan?

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. I don't have a breakout of the funding, but perhaps I could give an example of a crossover between the two. Ontario will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of the first francophone contact, Champlain's visit, which was really facilitated...and not only facilitated; the d