Canadian Heritage committee  Provincial legislation makes no mention of it. The definition of "producer" is quite clear: "a person or company that retains the services of artists for the purpose of producing or publicly performing an artistic work..." When the proposal regarding the emergence of new digital

Canadian Heritage committee  That is an excellent question, Mr. Housefather. The Act Respecting Occupational Health and Safety applies to all workplaces, of course. Generally speaking, not all social legislation applies, and we pointed that out in our submission to the government of Quebec. As an example,

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely, I completely agree with you. Double standards should not exist in Canadian society. I believe that as a society we need to treat these artists and those in related occupations better. On the issue of pay equity between men and women, you should know that in our busin

Canadian Heritage committee  The 8,000 technicians who are part of our association have a very different reality from artists who are paid by performance, but please know that we have thought about this. We do, however, have contract employees who benefit from the volume of audiovisual production in Quebec,

Canadian Heritage committee  To be frank, Mr. Champoux, I don't have a specific example at the federal level, but we brought this recommendation to the attention of committee members. We want to be sure that, for cases like these, the time frames are as short as possible. Of course, having to wait for resul

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's right.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a very good question, Mr. Champoux. You should know that it has a significant impact on our members' socio-economic conditions. Our union organization is responsible for members' contributions to the group insurance plan and the registered retirement savings plan. Like al

Canadian Heritage committee  As far as we're concerned, it's a difficult situation, because our collective agreements are with independent producers, who are members of employer associations like the Association québécoise de la production médiatique (AQPM) or the Association des producteurs publicitaires (A

Canadian Heritage committee  You need to fortify the status of our artists and industry workers. You have to give it some substance. We suggested to the Quebec government that all employers be required to have collective contracts available to artists and technicians in connection with funding. For example,

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, members. My name is Christian Lemay, and I am president of the Alliance québécoise des techniciens de l'image et du son, or AQTIS, Local 514 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists an