Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for coming in this afternoon. It's much appreciated. I'll start by sharing an experience I had on StubHub recently. I've had some good experiences, but this experience was a tough one. I went to buy tickets to a Morrissey concert. I'm a big Mo

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm heartbroken that I couldn't see Morrissey. First, how does it happen that the venue sells out that quickly, and then one hour later, there are all these tickets for sale on StubHub? Is that a robotic buy? Is it a computer-generated buy? I almost, just by chance, said, “For

Canadian Heritage committee  Ms. Benjamin, do you agree they are the same?

Canadian Heritage committee  You also talked about secondary ticket sales and market failure. Do you think that secondary ticket sales bulk buyers are taking advantage of that failure? You're saying they should match price with demand.

Canadian Heritage committee  Is there anything we could do as the federal government to address that market failure to regulate?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair; and thank you to the witnesses for coming in this afternoon and presenting. I come at this from a somewhat unique perspective. I'm a New England Patriots season ticket holder. I owned a major junior hockey team in Saint John, New Brunswick. I've bought ti

Canadian Heritage committee  A few years ago they were pretty good. That said, you can still go on a secondary site, whether it's StubHub or what have you, and buy tickets. However, what a lot of people don't realize is that you can just go down to the Ottawa Senators box office and buy tickets directly. F

Canadian Heritage committee  There were.

Canadian Heritage committee  Do you see the same parallels in the music industry, too?

Canadian Heritage committee  Is it totally different?

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Brousseau, earlier you talked about a distinction between ticket brokers and ticket resellers. Can you clarify that again?

Canadian Heritage committee  How has the changing nature of the media landscape affected the accessibility of Canadian news content for Canadian consumers, in particular low-income Canadians?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you to our presenters. It's very interesting. Can you just provide me with a bit of context? I know that you talked about traditional television earlier. I think you said it reaches about 85% of Canadians, and Internet television reaches 60% to 65%?