Canadian Heritage committee  I'm happy to speak to that. With respect to some of Matthew's concerns, I think there's an openness and a willingness in the industry to see an evolution and adaptation of the definitions of Canadian content. With all the stakeholders working together, those will evolve over time

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, absolutely. We absolutely believe that they should and must give back to the system that they take billions of dollars out of every year. We believe strongly in the intent of Bill C-11.

Canadian Heritage committee  Sure. Thank you very much, Mr. Housefather, and thank you for all your work on this bill and the prior incarnation. I'll start, and then I'll throw to Kirwan. The most shocking statistic is that around the turn of the century—this century, so 2000—about 20% of all English-langu

Canadian Heritage committee  That's very much in support of our francophone colleagues outside of Quebec, because in the English part of the definition it says, “English and French linguistic minority communities”, but in French it only says, “minorités francophones et anglophones du Canada”. They feel ve

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Kirwan. I'm Kenneth Hirsch, co-chair of the Quebec English-language Production Council. That said, we do have concerns with the terminology used in Bill C-11. We want to be sure that the language in the act is clear and unambiguous. The nomenclature that appeared in

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll defer again to Mr. Bossé for specifics of law, because I'm not a lawyer. In general, and I know it may or may not be explicit in Bill C-10, quotas are very helpful to our production community, so we ask that CBC spend a minimum of 10% of its English language production con

Canadian Heritage committee  One hundred percent.

Canadian Heritage committee  I left the film board about 20 years ago to set up in the private sector. At that time English-language production in Quebec represented about one-quarter of production across the country. Now we represent less than 7% of English-language content production across the country. If

Canadian Heritage committee  I would just make the point that we're seeking to be recognized under Bill C-10 for very similar reasons in that we're a minority that is now threatened in terms of production quantity and we're looking to ensure the vitality of our production community. I'm going to defer to Maî

Canadian Heritage committee  In Quebec, we are an increasingly vulnerable minority. There are fewer and fewer bilingual municipalities. Our school boards are under attack and our schools are closing. Our population is aging. Our jobs are leaving Quebec, and our children are following. Over a generation, Eng