Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. While we served the community, viewership was through the roof, because people needed to know what was happening. We provided that service.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Ms. Hepfner. This is a great opportunity to talk about that history. When we decided to make the acquisition of CHCH in the early part of 2009, the CRTC had, at that time, already determined that local news was under siege and in crisis. It feels repetitious to talk a

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd be happy to do that. Perhaps I'll do it in reverse, because the pandemic.... I'll start with the specifics and go out to the global. I may let Greg comment a bit on that in the global sense. On the specifics, through the pandemic, we were live and on the ground. We were int

Canadian Heritage committee  The trouble is that the ILNF support, which is based on a percentage of revenue contributions from licensed television distributors, or BDUs, is declining just as the needs are increasing, which is why this bill and Bill C-11 are so important to us. The other important lesson f

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, and good morning. We appreciate the opportunity to appear today. My name is Cal Millar. I am the president of Channel Zero, which is an independent Canadian broadcaster, and the owner-operator of CHCH television in Hamilton. With me today is Greg O'Brien, who is he