Government Operations committee  I would like to add to that quickly.

Government Operations committee  The advertising revenue is going directly into the creation of more Canadian content, more Canadian voices, more Canadian news coverage, whereas almost to a T the digital ads go to no content creation whatsoever. At best they might pick up some free Canadian content and put that

Government Operations committee  I could build on that. I would advocate for some specific values being put into the guidance that address a requirement for a diversity of media and forms of media being recipients of the advertising as well as some sort of assessment or benchmarking for the actual magnifier effe

Government Operations committee  At best, I think you could make the claim that the support for television advertising, which disproportionately represents about 51% or so, is a high production value. It's mostly going to domestic broadcasts. However, the math would suggest that the relatively cheap format of on

Government Operations committee  You mean a similar platform?

Government Operations committee  There is already a robust digital ecosystem in the Canadian media. I can speak for the magazine industry I represent, but I know this also exists in many of the community papers and certainly in the dailies and other digital-only platforms. They provide Canadian content and Canad

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and distinguished members. It's a pleasure to appear before you again. I'm Matthew Holmes, president and chief executive officer of Magazines Canada, the national association representing the majority of Canadian-owned and Canadian-content consumer, cultura

Government Operations committee  I would respond that our members would be overjoyed if we could access some sort of speedy delivery, either next-day or same-day delivery, but currently we wouldn't hold our breath, to use that phrase. The current delivery service is such that our members often see a significan

Government Operations committee  I'll kick us off and then defer to my colleagues. In terms of a regulator, I think there's a spectrum of options. I note that in New Zealand there is a postal contract system set up between the government and the postal delivery. It establishes a set of commonly agreed upon goal

Government Operations committee  I can provide a specific example. In the magazine sector, up until about a year ago, Canada Post, for returning an undeliverable item, even though the address and the name of the person living at that address were absolutely accurate, would still have charged the magazine, even t

Government Operations committee  If I could add to that, at Magazines Canada, we would be very much against alternate-day delivery. For our members, the unreliability of the service is already compounding and expediting the desire to move away from Canada Post. With weekly magazines still very current in Canada,

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and distinguished members. My name is Matthew Holmes. I'm the president and CEO of Magazines Canada, and we take great interest in the subject of Canada Post, as you can imagine. Magazines and papers, along with parcels, are probably some of the few items r

Canadian Heritage committee  We'll share.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and honourable members. It's a pleasure to appear before you today. My name is Matthew Holmes. I am the president and CEO of Magazines Canada, the national body representing Canada's magazine media, including arts and culture, consumer, and business title