Industry committee  I'm not familiar with that particular decision or the impact that it would have on our sector. I'm not sure that it does have a significant impact. I would have to answer that question in writing.

Industry committee  I would say the same thing. With respect to the one section that I spoke about, obviously the sector would prefer to see that not change. I am unable to speak about other aspects of the act.

Industry committee  We generally stay away from commenting on how other broadcasters and broadcasters in other sectors should be regulated and what they should be required or not required to pay, because it's outside our area of expertise and, in particular, because we operate on a not-for-profit ba

Industry committee  It's a difficult position to be in because the campus and community radio sector strongly supports Canadian artists, particularly new and emerging artists, so we don't want to be in a position of taking money away from them. However, at the same time, non-profit stations just don

Industry committee  I would have to provide more detail to you in writing on that, given the number of stations we're talking about. I can tell you what the five tariffs are, though. There is the performing rights tariff to SOCAN, which is at a rate of 1.9% of gross operating costs. Then there a

Industry committee  Could I ask you to clarify? Is there a specific aspect that you're referring to in terms of tension?

Industry committee  Thank you. As far as I can tell, our positions are complementary, as they often are on copyright tariff issues. I don't see any difference of opinion here.

Industry committee  That's true. Also, the funding that is available is usually project-based. It doesn't cover operating expenses at all except to the extent that they're associated temporarily with the completion of a project. Also, the infrastructure capital investments.... For example, as one of

Industry committee  I would prefer to answer that question afterwards in writing, if I may.

Industry committee  The recommendations that the campus and community radio sector would make are mirrored in the recommendations that were contained in a report by the committee that was studying the Copyright Board in the last couple of years. There were some issues raised by all of the different

Industry committee  Community radio is growing at a much faster rate than any other radio sector. The number of new licences issued to community radio stations is significant, particularly in recent years. The issue is that there is no stable source of operational funding. There are grants availab

Industry committee  I'm not familiar with the history of the act in detail, but my understanding is that neighbouring rights is a relatively new concept in Canada and that exemption was introduced at the same time as the neighbouring rights regime. I may be incorrect about that, but that's my basic

Industry committee  As you heard, my name is Freya Zaltz. I'm the regulatory affairs director for the National Campus and Community Radio Association. I also represent two additional associations, l'Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec and l'Alliance des radios communautaires du