Canadian Heritage committee  I believe a large number of my membership will not be able to meet the criteria. Unfortunately, we're at a point right now, just because of the lack of funding coming in and advertising revenue, where the owner-operators are the journalists. A lot of these are family businesses

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. It is.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would estimate it would be 75%. It will be that high.

Canadian Heritage committee  I do. Absolutely. I definitely have faith in that process.

Canadian Heritage committee  The other sources of funding have been a lifeline, especially the special measures for journalism fund. It was opened to free publications, which the majority of my members are in their communities. Again, they've all been a lifeline. The local journalism initiative is another o

Canadian Heritage committee  The thing to acknowledge is that the only difference between us and official-language media is that we traditionally write and report in a third language. A very important thing to consider here is changing the owner-operator journalist to be part of that qualification. That is

Canadian Heritage committee  As far as I'm aware, it's zero.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. In Australia alone, I believe there were 24 ethnic and LGBTQ outlets that were able to strike deals, which is fantastic news for us. What we're looking for is a collective negotiation. That's why we've been working very closely with News Media Canada, so that we work

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question. Well, as it stands, we have been around. We are considered legacy media. My members have been around for 25, 50 or over 70 years. Very specific community outreach has always been the case. We have newer members who are starting outlets as well and are

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon. My name is Maria Saras-Voutsinas, and I'm here today representing the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada. Our organization's membership runs the full gamut of press and media, television, radio, hard copy, and online. Our m