Official Languages committee  Let me answer this question quickly. In my opinion, Part VII of the Official Languages Act demonstrates that the decline in advertising has a direct impact on the vitality of official language minority communities. It's very simple, and it's in the document I submitted to the cle

Official Languages committee  Thank you.

Official Languages committee  I think the tax credit is a win-win solution. I'll explain why. If the government is counting on the salaries of journalists, if it has to give payroll tax credits for the production of a newspaper of original Canadian content, it will be happy because it will have quality inform

Official Languages committee  It would be through tax credits.

Official Languages committee  Yes, for the content.

Official Languages committee  A freelancer.

Official Languages committee  Yes. We often have subscription drives for the digital version because it would reduce the cost of mail, production and printing. But it's not the answer because it leads to loss of income. Readers tell us that they subscribe to both versions, the paper version and the digital

Official Languages committee  It is.

Official Languages committee  That's the total number.

Official Languages committee  I have them here. There are 4,933 subscribers. There are 3,133 print subscribers and 1,800 digital subscribers. There are also kiosks where people can buy a copy.

Official Languages committee  In 2010, the Canadian periodical fund gave financial assistance to newspapers and magazines that were delivered by mail. Part of the $75 million was given to newspaper and magazine owners who used the mail. It worked well. This money didn't go into our pockets; it went directly t

Official Languages committee  Yes. The rest went to the following publications. The Hockey News, which is very important for our democracy, got $1.3 million; TV Hebdo, equally important to our democracy, got $1.5 million. Last year, TV Week, also a true staple, got $1 million. Allô Vedettes, which publishes f

Official Languages committee  That's a good question. There are unique challenges. In the western provinces, in order to recruit four or five journalists, we have to get them to come to us. In fact, there isn't a single journalism program given in French in any of the western provinces. When we have a websit

Official Languages committee  We have written letters.

Official Languages committee  Yes. It is true, though, that we have written a number of letters, including open letters in the paper, but we have never received a response. Be that as it may, I will extend the invitation.