Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  It is not the first time that we have broadcast this gala. We only show it on television; it is not aired on radio. The musicians that the anglophone audience is most familiar with are anglophone.

Official Languages committee  You know, we can go through this three or four different times, and I'm sorry if you don't like my answer to the question, but I think you have to grant one simple premise—well, two. One is that we actually know something about how to program radio and television networks in a wa

Official Languages committee  Is that a question?

Official Languages committee  Right now, we are thinking about what will happen at the gala. But I must come back to the fact that, as I said to Mr. Coderre, we have made a real effort at the CBC to reflect the reality of our country and build bridges between the two cultures. Think about all the shows I men

Official Languages committee  The rules of the game were clear for everyone. We did the same show three years ago. We have focused each time on musicians and singers who are known in English Canada. There has been no change in policy. When we signed our contract with Mr. Dubois, we clearly indicated the broad

Official Languages committee  Precisely. Our viewers are anglophone. As I said in my comments this morning, if I broadcast someone that nobody knows, then people will change the channel. It has to be said because this is very important.

Official Languages committee  We have tried to build bridges by co-producing documentaries with our colleagues from RDI and Radio-Canada, by producing musical shows, shows for children, and many other initiatives.

Official Languages committee  The best way to build bridges is to respect both our audiences' tastes, customs and languages.

Official Languages committee  You know, it's very interesting; just to put this in perspective, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, the entire thing was on radio. When we cut it down to 44 minutes for television, what we were.... Obviously, when you cut three and a half hours down to 44 minutes, a lot of

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much. My name is Richard Stursberg. I am the head of English services for the CBC, including television, radio, websites, and so on. Mr. Chair and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to come and talk with you today. I understand that you've i

Canadian Heritage committee  I was going to say to Sylvain's point with respect to these extra minutes that the only place they will provide an advantage in English Canada will be with U.S. shows that command big premiums. The danger is that more of the advertising revenue will migrate to those U.S. shows. W

Canadian Heritage committee  This is complicated. When it comes to those properties that we build ourselves, by and large the rights issue doesn't arise because we're making them ourselves. We control all of the rights from the very beginning. Where the issue arises is when we're working with other people,

Canadian Heritage committee  It is very important in Vancouver. In fact, Vancouver is one of the strongest markets for Radio 2. It's not completely done. So far the indications are that people are pleased with the nature of the changes that are being made. We're trying to bring in a slightly broader pallet o