Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, MP Thomas. I think it would begin from the recognition that the journalism sector is self-governed. There are a number of different organizations in Canada, but there is no one organization that represents all journalists. My reading of the amendment as tabled would h

Canadian Heritage committee  I certainly don't want to speak for you, MP Champoux, and what your motivation is as the mover of this, but based on the drafting, I think it would be the CRTC looking to journalists and assessing whether a particular organization is seen to have the confidence of the journalists

Canadian Heritage committee  It was a question for MP Thomas, I believe.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's so generous of you, MP Thomas. Thank you for the question, MP Gladu. No, the government's position would be that the tax credit framework, which is what underpins your question of $595 million, does not constitute paying for promotional material.

Canadian Heritage committee  Through the chair, one observation I would make off the top is that I believe there was an earlier reference to two full-time journalists. That's not the case. It's two regularly employed journalists, which would include—with respect to the first part of your question—two journal

Canadian Heritage committee  With respect to one and a half, depending on the nature of it, the organization employs two journalists. If those two journalists were employed on a regular basis, that organization would be included. An organization where there's only one journalist, as I previously mentioned,

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, MP Gladu. Based on the representations that have been made to us.... Again, it is some proportion of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council with 700-some members, as well as 100 members or so from News Media Canada. If this amendment that MP Julian is proposing

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, MP Gladu. I don't have a specific figure for you. Our data, again, is based on those organizations that made representations to us. The National Ethnic Press and Media Council is an example. It would need to be confirmed, but I believe their membership is approximate

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you for the question, MP Julian. What I can share with you is what has been shared with the department by certain news associations. Representations have been made here by a number of folks. One is the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada,

Canadian Heritage committee  This is an issue that has come up, particularly from smaller ethnic media news organizations. It's specifically in the context where there may be a family member involved, for example, in the operation of the news business. It's a recognition that typically, in your usual kind of

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, MP Thomas. Just taking one step back to the starting point for clause 27, eligibility means the QCJO criteria, which we've discussed at length in this committee. In the context of interpretation of QCJO, the question has come up around the arm's-length nature of journ

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, MP Thomas. Good afternoon, Chair. What I would draw the committee's attention to is the definition of “news content” at clause 2 of the bill, which is: news content means content — in any format, including an audio or audiovisual format — that reports on, investiga

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mrs. Thomas. Perhaps I can characterize it like this. The clause 27 eligibility right now has two doors you could knock on. Either you are a QCJO under the Income Tax Act, in which you are automatically deemed eligible, or, if you're not eligible to be a QCJO, the bes

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, MP Thomas. I don't want to speak for the mover, but the original amendment is static in the sense that it speaks to “campus station”, “community station” or “native station” as they are currently defined. My understanding is that the subamendment seeks to recognize t

Canadian Heritage committee  From time to time, the CRTC updates certain policy frameworks. For example, they do make changes to their community broadcasting framework, so you could see them change the categories of licensees in that context. The CRTC is currently engaged in the process of updating its indig