Canadian Heritage committee  I can start by backing up a little bit. As Ms. Stewart pointed out, the last year has looked very different in terms of the industry's approach to our community. Something shifted after the George Floyd incident. Of course, we can all sort of wonder what that was, but there was a

Canadian Heritage committee  I can start the answer and, Sherien, please free free to add on. The REMC came together as a group of working filmmakers and producers who, frankly, felt that the lip service we were getting from the industry around racial equity was not matching up with our lived experience as

Canadian Heritage committee  If I may jump in here, it is a huge undertaking, and frankly, the responsibility to create these roles and solve these problems cannot fall back on racialized communities. This is a problem that the industry has to solve. This is a problem that the industry has been ignoring for

Canadian Heritage committee  Second, we ask that the bill clearly prioritize racialized communities in its programming objectives. To truly meet the bill's equity objectives, funders and broadcasters must be compelled to invest in content produced and owned by racialized creators. We are thrilled that the b

Canadian Heritage committee  For years our communities have felt under-represented within the Canadian broadcast landscape. For decades our stories and attempts to address the issue of systemic racism in the industry have been met with skepticism and outright denial. BIPOC creators continue to be underfund

Canadian Heritage committee  The REMC is pleased with many of the proposed changes introduced in Bill C-10, in particular, that the act names racialized communities in several instances. Highlighting their voices must be reflected in our broadcast landscape. We must point out, however, that while these words