Canadian Heritage committee  It means created by that news business.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Chair. As I understand the objective of the amendment, it is to provide some texture, essentially, to the programming of community media. There are a number of places where the committee has amended the act to make reference to community media and the unique role they

Canadian Heritage committee  In essence, this would add an additional policy objective. If I understood its placement correctly, it would follow on from those that speak to the discoverability of Canadian programming services and whatnot. The only thing I would highlight is that (q), which is the proposed pa

Canadian Heritage committee  The effect of this amendment would be to remove the policy objectives that speak to the discoverability of Canadian programming services and Canadian programs, including French language programs, as well as to the importance of online undertakings promoting and recommending Canad

Canadian Heritage committee  As a point of clarification, the CRTC is currently engaging with Canadian broadcasters about progressively expanding described video across all their programming. Those conversations between the CRTC and Canadian broadcasters are ongoing. I believe what you have described, Mr. H

Canadian Heritage committee  Bill C-11 has a policy objective in proposed paragraph 3(1)(p) about providing “programming that is accessible without barriers to persons with disabilities” and that it is to be “provided within the Canadian broadcasting system”. In the current act, there is language there tha

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not entirely sure on the book. Obviously, I would say our trade obligations were certainly kept in mind, as we have crafted this legislation and made efforts to ensure, actually, that it's crafted in such a way as to be non-discriminatory. For example, Canadian online underta

Canadian Heritage committee  The government's position on this has been that one reason for Bill C-11 is to bring non-Canadian broadcasting services into the system. Generally speaking, these broadcasting services have global business models whereby they are making productions for global audiences and not

Canadian Heritage committee  The bill does not provide for a definition of a child, so I'm not in a position to advise on what age range that would include in this instance. I'd look to Mr. Viersen to clarify what his intention would be in that respect.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. To situate where this amendment is taking place, it would be taking place in the policy objectives of the act, along with other policy objectives that are set out. Then it goes over to the CRTC to operationalize that through various mechanisms. There is

Canadian Heritage committee  We're talking about subparagraph (v), which is about protecting the health and well-being of children by preventing the broadcasting to children of certain programs. Again, I would expect the kind of space we would be in with a service like Netflix would be a discussion around th

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you for the question, Mr. Waugh. Currently in the act there is not language that would specifically emphasize the importance of supporting cultural expression by the Black community. This is indeed a request that they have made to the committee. I've l

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Nater. I agree with the assessment that the bill, as currently drafted, is trying to do two things. There is a current policy objective in the Broadcasting Act about the system being effectively owned and controlled by Canadians. As Mr. Champoux m

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Waugh. There is indeed a regulatory instrument that specifies the amount of foreign investment and ownership that can currently take place in Canadian broadcasting undertakings. That is set out in regulation. There are thresholds there, so you are