Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think it should be the only home—

Canadian Heritage committee  —but they do it best. But what we think is that the CBC has a particular voice. They're interested in types of production that CTV isn't. We talk a lot with the broadcasters. CTV will say they're looking for shows that put everyone in the tent, like the Corner Gas show. That ap

Canadian Heritage committee  I apologize, Ms. Bourgeois, that my presentation was not in French as well.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think CTF financing is absolutely essential. I wish I could believe that down the road there will be enough money available for the CTF to go exclusively to other private broadcasting productions. I think it's important to remember that the CTF is a production fund. It doesn't

Canadian Heritage committee  No. There's a licence fee that's paid for a program and then that program is sold to a broadcaster. What we want to ensure, of course, is that there's enough money in the production and development system to finance productions properly. CBC doesn't cover the cost of everything

Canadian Heritage committee  It's hard to talk about mandate without talking about the adequacy of the CBC's budget. CBC acknowledges this when it talks about having a contract with Parliament, the to-do list set out in the Broadcasting Act. Parliament now needs to provide the CBC with the money to get the j

Canadian Heritage committee  Questions have been raised during this committee's review as to whether the Broadcasting Act needs to be amended to include digital content and delivery as part of the CBC's mandate, or whether it should even be in that business. As Mr. Rabinovitch has said to this committee, “At

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for travelling to Toronto on a Friday morning. Of course, the weather is good, so we hope you get out of here and get some even better weather for the weekend. I am the executive director from the Writers Guild. The Writers Guild of

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll just jump in on the part II and be very quick.

Canadian Heritage committee  We are very much aware of the part II fees in the ruling. We think we do have regulation and that it is enforceable. Absolutely, as you said, the only way to know for sure is to let the CRTC do its job. Let's start the machine. But if it is determined that those fees are not req

Canadian Heritage committee  I just feel that we do have regulation. I don't know why the owner of Vidéotron believes that is an enshrined right, because we do have regulation. We have to enforce our regulation. We have to show that we stand behind our regulation and the principles set out in the Broadcastin

Canadian Heritage committee  Everybody. No, I'm kidding. I apologize. We should have had the paper translated, but I had to change things as we were going along. Again, if we're only going to do the order, number one would be a policy direction from the minister to the CRTC. I don't agree that we have to

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it again comes back to a directive to the CRTC. At this point, I think the CRTC is going to have to review the regulatory and contribution structure. Obviously, we need to tighten up. We would welcome a review, quite frankly. Let the CRTC have a look at it to see whether

Canadian Heritage committee  I think we did say that it absolutely is a house of cards. I think we've all figured out that we'd better tighten up our regulations, because there's a hole. We're going to have to look after that. That's another job for the CRTC, and I hope they're working on it. That's my big c

Canadian Heritage committee  I can say that it is about the viability and integrity of the Broadcasting Act. I think that's what we're talking about. Again, I would like to stress that the Broadcasting Act doesn't just talk about Canadian content and creators; it protects and licenses cable operators. The