Canadian Heritage committee  First I would say that there is nothing in the bill as amended, with the exclusion of proposed section 4.1, that threatens free speech. I've tried to make it clear in my comments thus far in this meeting that users put content on, say, a social media platform. For sure that con

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for that question. In fact, we went to great lengths to go coast to coast to coast to meet with people. We reached out proactively. We made it clear that we were ready, willing and able to meet with anyone, with any stakeholders—minority language groups, indigenous co

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. I want to make just two or three quick points. The first is that programs aren't regulated; undertakings are. When Dr. Geist says that if it's a program, it's regulated, it's not a program unless it's offered by an undertaking. Online undertakings are the o

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you all for the invitation to be here today. My panel colleague Pierre Trudel and I are very pleased to provide our perspective on Bill C-10. We endorse the federal government's efforts to update the legislative framework governing the broadcasting

Canadian Heritage committee  Correct.

Canadian Heritage committee  Right.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much for your attention.

Canadian Heritage committee  What we've said in our report is that it is an urgent priority and needs to be addressed as quickly as possible. We also recognize that there are many federal government programs, provincial initiatives and municipal initiatives all trying to ensure that everyone, no matter where

Canadian Heritage committee  Money is obviously a barrier, and then coordination, so we address both the resources that would be necessary to close the gap as well as the need for collaboration and coordination. Requiring the minister to create a report to Parliament would require an information-gathering

Canadian Heritage committee  Advertising.

Canadian Heritage committee  Advertising, starting with news, over a period of five years. That would be within the context, though, of there being an operating agreement between CBC/Radio-Canada and the government with respect to clarification of its roles and responsibilities and the resources, the funding

Canadian Heritage committee  I want to be clear that we're not recommending the elimination of advertising in isolation of the package of recommendations around creating operating and financial stability for CBC/Radio-Canada.

Canadian Heritage committee  There were a number of places where our analysis and consultations bumped up against other pieces of legislation, the Privacy Act, the Competition Act and the Copyright Act, as you mentioned, issues of national security where people raise security issues, and we could only touch

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay, well—

Canadian Heritage committee  The things we recommended as requiring urgent action were these three. The first was making sure that everyone, no matter where they live in Canada, has access to broadband in a safe, secure, affordable and accessible way. The second was bringing the foreign streaming services in