Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to complete our presentation. I am a strategic advisor with the Stingray Group, which is a member of the Independent Broadcasters Group, the IBG. I am here with Joel Fortune, legal counsel to the IBG. The gr

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Luc Perreault, and I am a strategic adviser at the Stingray Group, a member of the Independent Broadcast Group, or IBG. Joining me is Joel Fortune, legal counsel at IBG. Our group represents 12 independent broa

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. APTN is a full member of the Independent Broadcast Group, but they're solely focused on television, not radio. The radio business is a very, very tough business, and with COVID, if I take the example of Stingray, we're going to see revenue decline ab

Finance committee  The non-profit aspect of community radio makes it open for provincial and federal subsidies to maintain operation. I can relay the message to the folks at APTN, who can further the discussion with you, but that's one recommendation I would look at.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My name is Luc Perreault. I'm the strategic adviser for Stingray, a Montreal-based company that owns and operates a portfolio of broadcasting and music-based services, including Stingray Music, available on cable and satellite and through various applica