Canadian Heritage committee  We are a society of new immigrants. These people come here, and don't know much of our culture. They try to integrate into the culture, but they turn to their own press because they better understand it for various reasons, and they trust it more. The problem is that Rogers, tw

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think I have to say anything else. The message is there. I hope you got it. Thank you very much.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. In 1792, James Madison expressed his concerns about the fate of the democratic experiment. He warned of a real domination of a few under an apparent liberty of the many, deploring “the daring depravity of the times” as private powers became “the

Finance committee  In the last few years, we tried to reach the government in order to solve this problem. The foreign companies receive about $170 million in advertisements from the Government of Canada and they don't pay a penny in tax. We are working day and night trying to survive without any a

Finance committee  There are about 900 outlets. We are going to support some of the stronger ones in order to maintain the ability of having people working with them. Right now, about 15,000 are laid off because the outlets cannot afford to keep workers working with them. There are students of the

Finance committee  We do believe that we need $7 million from the government immediately to sustain the majority of the ethnic press—at least those who are serving newcomers to Canada. They depend 100% on the ethnic press. This is a must. There's something else. From the $10 million, instead of $6

Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  Ethnic media is vital to the integration of new Canadians into our society, and many immigrants rely on ethnic media as their source of news. For many, ethnic media is their only form of information. COVID-19 has shown the importance of having a strong ethnic press. Despite the p

Government Operations committee  The government has the ability to monitor the circulation. Usually, the circulation plays a major role for the decision-makers as to which paper they will advertise in. Therefore this is not a problem. The other thing about the $500,000 or not, that depends on the programs and

Government Operations committee  Don't interpret my statements, please. I never meant that and I never said that.

Government Operations committee  There was a problem and still there is a problem. One of the people today referred to Cossette. Cossette Media is the official agency of the Government of Canada, the agency of record, and therefore they keep records of all the newspapers that are receiving government advertising

Government Operations committee  Yes. At this point, a percentage of the total budget every year was devoted to support the ethnic press. I don't know how much that portion was, but we were arguing always for a bigger part because much of their total amount was going to the mainstream media. As I've said befor

Government Operations committee  If will you allow me, I want to say that it is not the same case with the mainstream media and the ethnic press. The ethnic press has a much smaller market to survive because it serves specific communities. Even if the government advertises on the Internet or any other electron

Government Operations committee  The system has been developed over the years, but some smart guys created a company representing the ethnic papers. They were taking part of the distribution of the government advertisements to the various members. As a result, they were cutting, by 30%, the total amount that was

Government Operations committee  No. For the last two years, they didn't give us even a penny. Not one of my members has received even a penny. As I told you before, some papers are surviving because they receive financial support either from the the Department of Canadian Heritage or from various governments