Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Julian. In terms of the independent production community, they have put forward a very strong case, which I won't make for them, that they need to have regulated amounts of production provided to them through the system. I'm sure they are arguing for that for any

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll bring it back to the comment earlier from Mr. Waugh about employment levels in Saskatoon at Global Saskatoon or CTV Saskatoon. I will be the first to acknowledge, because Mr. Waugh and I actually worked across the street from each other in Saskatoon many years ago, that empl

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the answer to that is absolutely yes. In a time when we have seen increased division, we have all seen the damaging impacts of social media commentary and fake news, so the importance of traditional, professionally reported journalism that brings people together in a town

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I will just acknowledge off the bat, in response to MP Waugh's statement, that we have 36 employees at Global Saskatoon who work to produce more than 25 hours of local news every week, and in fact contribute to a 24-7 streaming local news channel, which we have innova

Canadian Heritage committee  I think there are a lot of concerns about its impacts on user-generated content. I think those are valid concerns. Mr. Geist has made them. Ms. Fortier has voiced those concerns. We are not in favour of the regulation of user-generated content. In fact, as a company, we've inve

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Dr. Fry. This bill is not about Internet freedom and it's not about cat videos. It is about modernizing broadcasting policy for the 21st century. It's about preserving a Canadian broadcasting sector that can support cultural policy as it always has. The status quo is

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Dr. Fry, and good morning, committee members. My name is Troy Reeb, and I am with Corus Entertainment. On behalf of our more than 3,000 employees across Canada, I want to thank you for inviting us to discuss Bill C-11, which we urge Parliament to pass without delay.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the bill needs to set the right environment for not only a level playing field but a reduced level of regulatory burden on domestic broadcasters going forward. The first and clearest way to do that is to eliminate what are known as CRTC part II fees. The bill does not con

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly, Mr. Shields. I think you raise a valid concern, that none of us wants to see a giant monster created at the CRTC. There is risk in this bill that this might happen, because it does give greater powers to the CRTC to determine many of these issues. We think the simple

Canadian Heritage committee  After 10 years of no action whatsoever, we're eager to see some kind of action, and we're willing to take on face value that the first and most important step is to bring these players into the system. Then I think we will have to see how the government empowers the CRTC, and tha

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Champoux. I'll answer in English. I do believe we can be internationally competitive. We can create Quebec stars; we can create Canadian stars. I believe inside the Quebec marketplace there is the opportunity to have incentives and some regulat

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Stursberg raised a very good point about the need for Canadian companies not only to be able to make the investments we want, but to be able to attract investments as well. One of the things the bill gets right is to treat foreign Internet broadcasters the same as Canadian

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly, I think that inside of the regulations that we face are a myriad other subregulations around the kind of content that is prioritized in the system. There's a category of content called “programs of national interest”, which includes dramas, comedies and documentaries,

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. The real risk is that the amount of Canadian production will just continue to decline with the revenues of Canadian broadcasters if these foreign-based Internet broadcasters are not brought into the system. They continue to take advertising dollars out of the country. They c

Canadian Heritage committee  We don't necessarily believe it should be 30%. Right now, the system has 30% on licensed Canadian broadcasters. It's not all, but depending on which company.... For Corus Entertainment, Bell Media and others, it's around 30%, whereas the foreign broadcasters who are coming in thr