Canadian Heritage committee  I'd like to make a comment. The whole issue of distribution is related to this. There's a production and development issue. However, Unis TV, for example, must be included in the basic package of all cable companies, whereas online broadcasters—such as EBOX and Apple TV—have no

Canadian Heritage committee  I want to quickly add that we mustn't forget that the review of this act will affect several other legislative reviews and many future decisions. It's important to set an example, to clearly state the goal and to identify, as my colleague Mrs. Morin said, the OLMCs as stakeholder

Canadian Heritage committee  I will let Mrs. Morin finish my comments but I would suggest that the answer in this case is practically the same as the answer to the previous question. It is discoverability, to which one could add distribution. People no longer watch television as we did in the past. So we hav

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said in my opening statement, we did a lot of very good work with anglophone partners in Quebec and across Canada and we cast our net wide. Nothing indicates any animosity or any comments contrary to those we are putting forward. We recognize that players such as ourselves

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said in my opening remarks, we focus on four points. I won't repeat them, but I will invite my colleague Mrs. Morin to present those amendments in more detail so that everyone can fully understand them.

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Martin Théberge. I am the President of the Fédération culturelle canadienne-française, the FCCF, and I am accompanied, as you have just said, by Marie-Christine Morin, our Executive Director. This is a pivotal mom

Canadian Heritage committee  The only thing that I'd add to what Mrs. Morin just said is the underlying issue of data. We had to conduct our own research to determine the number of jobs, the investments and the benefits of our work. To ensure that we can answer your questions properly and that the governmen

Canadian Heritage committee  You're right. However, my colleague Mrs. Morin touched on this issue in one of her answers. The inequity stems from the fact that funding is provided to existing organizations according to very specific arts and culture criteria. These criteria often don't align with our organiza

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning, esteemed members of the committee. Thank you for the invitation to appear before you today to present the main impacts of the pandemic on our artists and cultural workers in the Canadian and Acadian francophonie. My name is Martin Théberge and I am the president o

Canadian Heritage committee  We're asking the Canada Council for the Arts to show strong leadership with respect to francophone minority communities. There used to be systemic issues. These issues still exist, despite the increase in funding, and they must be resolved. The council must show leadership. Arti

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll now talk about the importance of working together and soliciting true co-operation. Midway through these investments, the Canada Council for the Arts has an opportunity to show leadership in engaging the arts and culture sector in Canadian and Acadian French-speaking commun

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll finish up quickly.

Canadian Heritage committee  In light of the progress under way, but especially to ensure that the council complies with its own internal policies and its commitment to the development and vitality of minority language communities, the time has come to set the record straight. The practices related to French

Canadian Heritage committee  In addition to the regional aspect, I think that the juries should also take into consideration the linguistic and cultural aspect. I agree that there should be a jury in the Atlantic region, for example, but in that case there should be a francophone Acadian jury and an anglopho

Canadian Heritage committee  Hello, everyone. My name is Martin Théberge and I am the President of the Fédération culturelle canadienne-française, the FCCF. I am accompanied by Marie-Christine Morin, the executive director of the federation. The FCCF is the national voice of arts and culture in the Canadian