Industry committee  Yes. Indeed, Web giants aren't paying their fair share, and they benefit abundantly from content produced, particularly by Quebec and Canadian creators, whether the content is artistic or journalistic. Our position on copyright is somewhat inspired by the neighbouring rights pro

Industry committee  It could be an independent fund, but the government must be willing to set it up. However, if we look at what has been done with the Canada Media Fund, for example, we have seen over time that money has gone much more into containers than into content. That's why, to have conten

Industry committee  The fact is that radio waves are public. That's one of the reasons the government set up the Canada Media Fund. In reality, it's also because the cable companies made a lot of money with the content. As a result, they were used to fund the system and enable a major television pro

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, members of the committee, thank you for giving the Fédération nationale des communications an opportunity to speak to you on the review of the Copyright Act. The Fédération nationale des communications, or the FNC, represents about 6,000 individ

Canadian Heritage committee  When it comes to education, we feel that we must work with provincial partners because this issue comes under provincial jurisdiction. We have to educate Canadians, who are very confused by the information found on social networks. When we know that Facebook uses algorithms, for

Canadian Heritage committee  If we are talking about CBC/Radio-Canada more specifically, the fact that additional funding was allocated over a five-year period is a positive development. We hope that will enable the public broadcaster to turn even more toward new technologies while continuing to reach people

Canadian Heritage committee  Part of the solution is definitely international. We are actually very worried about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which will prevent signatory countries from adopting legislation....

Canadian Heritage committee  It will prevent signatory countries from adopting new legislation that would help us regulate the web giants a bit more.

Canadian Heritage committee  It was to put on the table all the economic assumptions to support the digital transition of media companies. Our preferred solution is payroll tax credits because we believe that is the quickest way to do things and it would place the media at arm's length from the government.

Canadian Heritage committee  We don't feel that the government has to increase advertising spending, but that it should begin by investing in Canadian and Quebec companies instead of in Facebook or other platforms, since that money goes to multinationals that do not pay taxes or help produce local and region

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, absolutely. That is part of the problem. The fact is that, to produce information, giants such as Facebook and Google do not have to bear the expenses the media have to bear. They reproduce information and can offer much lower advertising rates. We are asking for a level pla

Canadian Heritage committee  When it comes to traditional television, it is clear that people are increasingly replacing cable television with intelligent TV and the web. Our concern has more to do with the news. News content is currently produced by general-interest networks. When it comes to smart televis

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning everyone. My name is Pascale St-Onge, and I am the president of the Fédération nationale des communications, or FNC. I am joined today by my colleague, Pierre Roger, corporate secretary and treasurer of the FNC. We appreciate the opportunity