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Canadian Heritage committee  I trust the work done by the CRTC. They're the expert tribunal in this. They've done the hearings. They're estimating that less than 35,000 households would lose.... In fact, just going from memory, it's 31,000. So it's a very small number of Canadians.

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  The way Canada is doing its transition is somewhat different from every other jurisdiction, so comparables are difficult. For instance, in France, the U.K., and Australia, they're doing a circle around the country, and they're not doing everything at once. The U.S. did a flash cu

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  I see you think all the government's arms are controlled by the same brain, but some decisions are made by the department while some are made by the CRTC. The availability of local service through satellite providers—as in the situation you referenced—is a regulatory issue and o

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  My CRTC colleagues were here last Monday, and that would have been a great time to raise the question about satellite service. I cannot be held accountable for their public policy.

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. When it was here, the CRTC told the committee that it had changed its regulatory framework to allow satellite companies—Bell TV primarily—other than Shaw to provide a more affordable local signal package without making all the other signals available. So it changed its regul

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  They subscribe to—

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, if they subscribe to a satellite provider.

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  But you have to remember that conventional service is available—basic off-air service.

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  The problem in the U.S. was made worse by the fact that the coupon system they put in place created inflation in the marketplace. The subsidy program actually caused higher prices. Canada does not have a subsidy program.

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  I will give you the list of options available to non-subscribers who want to keep their access to television service. As for those who do not have a lot of money, all I can say is that the government has no plans for a subsidy program.

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  I would suggest you look around on several sites. You might want to go to The Source, which has a very rich site that tells you the options there. You can go on eBay. Somebody mentioned to me that some of them were available at Loblaws. They're available in just about every place

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the feedback from the website. Certainly I'll follow up on that, and the quality of service we're paying for from Service Canada, and make sure we're getting what we're being charged for. The reality is that we're in quite early days in this, and, frankly in terms

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think I'm at liberty...because decisions haven't been finally made on that. But we are using existing resources of the department as well to do outreach, like the MP kits--

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  The public service announcements are the responsibility of the broadcasters.

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais

Canadian Heritage committee  The draft proposal I saw is not so much public service announcements, although I guess one could put them as public service announcements, but it could include media buys.

March 7th, 2011Committee meeting

Jean-Pierre Blais