Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  I have five staff in my office here in Canada and eight overseas in India.

Canadian Heritage committee  I have a Canadian Punjabi Post website. It gets updated every half-hour or hour. It covers all the breaking news in every section. I have Canadian sections, GTA sections, and world sections, and then the India or Punjab sections.

Canadian Heritage committee  There's another thing I want to say. This the only media outlet that invests more in Canadian content. Many times I have seen the Punjabi language newspapers from British Columbia using the same Canadian content I publish in my paper. Also, many radio program hosts and news reade

Canadian Heritage committee  It's within the community. There are many weekly newspapers. There were two daily newspapers in the Punjabi language. They were shut down and have become weekly now. There are other weekly newspapers, plus radio programs and TV channels. Now there's also the IPTV box. In the la

Canadian Heritage committee  The concept of the radio program is totally different in the Punjabi community. There are only a couple of people who own the 24-hour channels. Others own just two-hour or one-hour slots. I own only a two-hour slot on someone else's radio program. About 70 or 80 people own these

Canadian Heritage committee  No, it's five days out of seven. I started it as a seven-day publication but then had to cut it down to six days. Now I have five days of publication.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, sir.

Canadian Heritage committee  The majority of my revenue stream is from local businesses. There are many businesses in the local community that run their ads in our paper on a daily basis. That is our main revenue stream. It's from local pizza shops, barbershops, and others. Local businesses are supporting th

Canadian Heritage committee  Almost 95%.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, sir.

Canadian Heritage committee  No. There are only some advertisements from the federal and provincial governments, and that portion, I can say, is less than 5%. I get 2% to 3% from corporate ads, such as Rogers or Bell or other ads like that

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you so much, Chair, vice-chairs, and members of the standing committee. It's a great opportunity for me and my colleague, Jagdeep Kailey, to make the presentation today. I would like to start with an introduction about my media house. The Canadian Punjabi Post was started