Canadian Heritage committee  I am not, personally. I do believe there are some relationships between our members and Google. As I said, there are 700 members across the country, so it is difficult for me to nail it down. I do know that some have entered into those negotiations. I think one point we're comi

Canadian Heritage committee  I would say that the place we want to get to is one where all journalism organizations are entering into those partnerships, as opposed to having a foreign platform choose the winners and losers in Canadian journalism.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I appreciate the question. I think that bar of two journalists is a pretty low bar. I respect the fact that there are small publishers of community papers, say, that may have a struggle in some ways, but I think the point is that there are probably a lot of people who

Canadian Heritage committee  I think one of the themes that came up through some of the discussions today is the fact that people are pointing to a number of different initiatives. I would say that Bill C-18 is something that can really help us in moving forward and in helping to keep journalism sustainabl

Canadian Heritage committee  The positive consequences would include keeping newsrooms open across Canada, whether they are large, medium-sized or small broadcasters, or even hiring journalists in those newsrooms. If the bill were not passed, those newsrooms would have even more difficulties. As has been s

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for giving me the opportunity to appear before you today on the subject of this important bill. The Canadian Association of Broadcasters, the CAB, is the national voice of Canada's private broadcasters. It represents over 700 me

Canadian Heritage committee  As someone who was a political nerd right back to my days when I was around his age, I think I have a certain amount of envy and a great deal of respect for what Wyatt has done. I have been fortunate to be able to catch Wyatt a few times being interviewed by some of our Canadia

Canadian Heritage committee  If I can just respond to that, there are certainly.... There is Transplant, which is a very popular prime time show. I think it is the most popular Canadian show at the moment. Canada's Got Talent has been playing in prime time throughout this year. The Curse of Oak Island is ce

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, I may well be looking for a job myself if that were the case. I would certainly see it as having a profound impact on the sector. Especially given the fact that there are rules on Canadian broadcasters, I would think that if you had $100 million to invest in broadcasting,

Canadian Heritage committee  I think for us what really stands out in in proposed paragraph 3(1)(f) is that there that there are basically two sets of rules: One is “maximum use” and the other is “greatest practicable use”. For us, that really just stands out. Ultimately, what we want here is this. Canadian

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. That's a difficult one for me to answer. I think it does draw out the fact that when you look at the ownership restrictions on Canadian companies, it really brings into stark relief the fact that we might think of some of the companies as large. When you look at the streami

Canadian Heritage committee  I appreciate that balancing the two requests isn't easy, but our recommendation is consistent with establishing rules that are fair and equitable for Canadian and foreign companies. In our view, the provision could create two sets of rules, one for foreign companies and another

Canadian Heritage committee  I would have to see how the amendment was worded before I could say for sure. It's a complex issue, but we are open to considering such an amendment.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. I don't want to get too specific in terms of the numbers. I can follow up with the committee to give some more specific numbers. I would say that, again, it's not growing, and I think that in radio, especially over the last few years as their advertising numbers have been h