Industry committee I think we have to create different classes and recognize that within the system there are different classes of stations. There are stations that have the benefit of having multiple outlets and various properties vertically integrated. That's a different class. They can probably
October 17th, 2018Committee meeting
Debra McLaughlin
Industry committee We need a different classification. We need exemptions for stations that are doing that kind of work.
October 17th, 2018Committee meeting
Debra McLaughlin
Industry committee The census is particularly onerous. That whole aspect of collecting around the clock, 52 weeks a year, is particularly trying. Up until about a year and a half ago, we were doing samples, but because we're caught up in that environment.... It would be more beneficial to the arti
October 17th, 2018Committee meeting
Debra McLaughlin
Industry committee I think there should be degrees of this; I guess that would be the best way to put it. I think smaller stations that are serving multiple languages or multiple cultures fall into one class. The larger stations can afford it. I think you need to understand the impact of this. I d
October 17th, 2018Committee meeting
Debra McLaughlin
Industry committee But I think it's easy to analyze through the CRTC.
October 17th, 2018Committee meeting
Debra McLaughlin
Industry committee Yes, it is for English. The challenge becomes having local, relevant, third-language programming. We can easily buy it from overseas and we can get a sense of the artists who are being played, but we actually have people creating music in Canada in third languages, and they're no
October 17th, 2018Committee meeting
Debra McLaughlin
Industry committee It's a high cost.
October 17th, 2018Committee meeting
Debra McLaughlin
Industry committee We get a reduced rate, but we don't get protections. What is particularly onerous is that, because of the market we sit in, we're actually in a census level, so we are reporting to SOCAN 24-7, 52 weeks a year, on what is well below that level. It's simply where we reside.
October 17th, 2018Committee meeting
Debra McLaughlin
Industry committee That's correct.
October 17th, 2018Committee meeting
Debra McLaughlin
Industry committee My name is Debra McLaughlin. I'm the co-owner and general manager of CFMS, a radio station operating in York region, Ontario. My business partner and I are independent broadcasters—a disappearing entity in Canada. More than that, we come from two of the most under-represented gro
October 17th, 2018Committee meeting
Debra McLaughlin