Official Languages committee  All of the newspapers.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes. That's the fastest way.

Official Languages committee  The criteria for the other measures haven't been defined yet. It will take between 9 and 12 months.

Official Languages committee  That's already too long.

Official Languages committee  In several minority communities—I'm speaking about the APF newspapers here—the newspaper is the only media people can count on. Sometimes the populations are dispersed over certain areas, and they need support in one way or another. That is why certain programs already exist. If

Official Languages committee  No, because the reality is different. We have to be aware of that, because there is a real risk.

Official Languages committee  The situation is so urgent that I have been in Ottawa for three days. My colleagues are the directors of organizations, and I am a newspaper director. We have had to make decisions this year. Everyone is expecting feedback from meetings I have been to over the past three days, bu

Official Languages committee  Indeed.

Official Languages committee  Yes, some of them were less inclined to listen.

Official Languages committee  That is indeed the case, because you have to maintain the newspaper you publish, daily or weekly, and in addition, you have to feed the platform. So we now have two media to feed, but with fewer resources and less revenue. The challenge is twofold, because people don't wait till

Official Languages committee  That's right.

Official Languages committee  Let's take L'Acadie Nouvelle, the newspaper I head up un New Brunswick. It's the only French-language daily east of Quebec. As Mr. Tardif said, newspaper advertising meant dollars, but publicity on the Web means pennies. Internet advertising does not offset the decline in adverti

Official Languages committee  As of April 1, the days of certain newspapers and radio stations are numbered. I would say that by July 1...

Official Languages committee  The fiscal year ends on March 31. If nothing is done, it will be extremely difficult, I can tell you.