Official Languages committee  There was a $50-million envelope in the last budget. Yesterday, we were told that applying those measures would take from 9 to 12 months, and we can't wait six months or a year.

Official Languages committee  According to the signals we are being given, absolutely not. That is why we talked about advertising. It might be the fastest way to inject funds into community media. Those funds would not be enormous; we're talking about $2 million. I think that is possible.

Official Languages committee  It allows the government to transmit its messages and inform people. In addition, in so doing it provides economic support to various media.

Official Languages committee  Our objective was to meet with the departments concerned and discuss that with them. It's proactive.

Official Languages committee  Yes, but it is proactive. We could have blamed people, but we decided to work with the departments in question. The response from certain departments has been mixed.

Official Languages committee  I think so, but at this time we do not feel that there is a sense of urgency. We are talking about a 9 or 12-month horizon, but it will already be too late.

Official Languages committee  As you can see, since the acting commissioner of official languages submitted her final investigation report, in June 2017, ARC du Canada, the QCNA and the APF have been facing major challenges in engaging all the affected government authorities in the implementation of the align

Canadian Heritage committee  Are you referring to our association members?

Canadian Heritage committee  Are you talking about the advertising?

Canadian Heritage committee  In terms of support programs for newspaper operations, we are talking about $490,000. For advertising, the amount comes to around $430,000. I do not have the exact figures.

Canadian Heritage committee  That was $490,000 for 2013-14, under the aid to publishers program.

Canadian Heritage committee  No. That was for operations, for assistance to publishers.

Canadian Heritage committee  For advertising, it was about $430,000.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. We went from $1.9 million to around $430,000.

Canadian Heritage committee  We can see the impact of digital media. I have a very effective website and I have not seen any federal advertising either. We therefore need to rely on newspapers, newspaper news sites and radio. We will then target the people. Indeed, these news sites have gained credibility a