Canadian Heritage committee  I was going to say thank you, Madam Chair. It's our pleasure. We are here to try to help the committee's work, and we're happy to appear. Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  Ms. Frenette, I'll let you answer that question.

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, whatever we did would be subject to public proceedings, in which we would receive evidence and views on how best to achieve it. Currently we have what is called paragraph 9(1)(h), which involves mandatory carriage. There could be equivalent kinds of conditions of se

Canadian Heritage committee  For once, I'll be brief: Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  It will be an important part of—

Canadian Heritage committee  As part of an overall regulatory scheme, it will be necessary and important to develop definitions about what Canadian content is both for audio and for audiovisual.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, it is.

Canadian Heritage committee  To be honest, I find the statement kind of confusing. Today, there is a plethora of content available to Canadians, whether foreign or domestic, whether it is on a subscription service or through YouTube or simply from searching on the Internet. People will find the content they

Canadian Heritage committee  The short answer is no. That's not how we do it. Again, I'll go back, and I'm sorry that I'm repeating myself. It's about outcomes. What I would imagine we might say is, “Great, Netflix, you're already doing this. Can you do it more? Can you do it better? Can you help Canadians f

Canadian Heritage committee  As my colleague Mr. Hutton responded to Mr. Champoux before, as we do today. It would obviously apply to a larger group, but it's really about outcomes. What we're focused on are outcomes, and in that case what we're trying to ensure is that Canadians can find Canadian content.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's a bit vague, and I can't predict what the commission would do, but what I would say is that what we do is pursue.... I've described it as the alternative version of what the objectives of the Broadcasting Act are—to make sure that those Canadian stories are told, that they'r

Canadian Heritage committee  We have the ability to identify what desired outcomes are and then—I hope—in the future to use, as much as possible, incentives rather than prescription. If you go back to the “Harnessing Change” report, it's one of the key elements of that report. We need to be adaptable. We n

Canadian Heritage committee  My answer, as I said a minute ago, is preferably by incentives. As I said, they're doing it, and they have good reason to do so. If you take Netflix as an example, or Crave, whether it's a foreign or Canadian producer, they want people to watch programming, and Canadian program

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we have, and counsel actually reviewed it today.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll ask counsel to respond, please.