Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, and that would be good, so I'm not too worried about losing audience, the way you implied.

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, just on whether we could build another FM radio network, the answer is probably not. The struggle just to get FM licences right now in the country is enormous. We're trying to get our AM station in Vancouver onto an FM frequency because all over Vancouver you can ha

Canadian Heritage committee  This change in strategy for Radio 2 has actually been the subject of studies and consultations that date back three years. I have to tell you, I'm relatively new to radio. I became in charge of radio at the end of November last year, but I followed this--when I was in charge of

Canadian Heritage committee  What we know for sure is that the way in which people will consume television products over the course of the next little while is going to change. We've been doing a lot of different things about television products. The BitTorrent thing was simply one example, but I can give yo

Canadian Heritage committee  Let me just add a word. CBC radio remains absolutely committed to books. Just as you were talking, I was counting the number of shows we have. At this point we have, I think, two shows that are devoted completely to books. And books also are an important staple of Shelagh Rogers

Official Languages committee  I would like to thank committee members.

Official Languages committee  I understand you believe it was a mistake on our part.

Official Languages committee  We are currently reviewing what we will be doing in the future. It has not yet been decided. I am here this morning to hear what you have to say and to have this conversation.

Official Languages committee  It will give us food for thought as to what we should do in the future.

Official Languages committee  We do not invite people to the hall of fame. The hall of fame is not controlled by the CBC. It is a separate organization from the CBC.

Official Languages committee  Once again, I repeat that I could not agree more. We certainly understand that it is our responsibility to reflect the two main cultures in this country. However, we have to look at the decision regarding the Hall of Fame gala in the context of everything else that the corporatio

Official Languages committee  She is very well-known in Canada.

Official Languages committee  As I said throughout the course of the morning, I don't disagree with you at all. I completely agree with you, and I agree with all the members here, as to the nature of our responsibilities. But I'm a little bit surprised to hear you say this, because if at any time in the last

Official Languages committee  Nobody disagrees that there's room for improvement. This is why I was saying that we've worked very hard in terms of the foreign bureaus to make sure they report in both French and English. We're working very hard to make sure the domestic bureaus are more bilingual. We've been

Official Languages committee  I can repeat exactly what I've said several times this morning. We decided to broadcast the entire hall of fame gala on Radio One, but to only broadcast a 44-minute television special. That is the decision we made. Apart from that, I don't know what else to say exactly.