Canadian Heritage committee  I am not accusing you of anything, but the trick in your question is the word "local". What is a local or regional television station?

Canadian Heritage committee  That is the great debate. In the 1970s, there were so-called regional stations in Rimouski, Matane, Sept-Îles and Jonquière, but there were none in other regions of the country. A regional station was created in Regina, but this is not the same thing as a regional station in Rimo

Canadian Heritage committee  This is also a question of means and technological strategy. These elements must be considered together. The CBC/SRC should not be forced to do things locally that would be suicidal financially. Other vehicles should be looked at, such as the Internet, which is developing, etc.

Canadian Heritage committee  I will respond by repeating what the President of the CBC said when he appeared before you the last time. He said that you put it in a contract and that, when it is accompanied by the necessary money, you get what you want: the punishment must fit the crime, so the bill must f

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, that's a point that we've made on several occasions with the CRTC in different hearings. We believe that as the act is technologically neutral, the funding that goes with the act should be technologically neutral, and therefore all providers of all platforms should be called

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm sorry, I'm not well disciplined.

Canadian Heritage committee  It is the funding that poses problems. In my opinion, we are spending too much time punishing the CBC, instead of giving it the resources to do what it needs to do.

Canadian Heritage committee  Not all the time, and I am tempted to ask who always does fulfil their mandate perfectly. We must take into account all the constraints the CBC is facing.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Also, the fact that there is no predictable funding prevents the CBC from planning ahead and forces it to live on a six-month basis. I experienced this first-hand, since I worked at the head office through the 1990s. And I also know what is going on now.

Canadian Heritage committee  This is something done by other public broadcasters. We will immediately remove that recommendation if it is seen as union-type representation. It must be clear that we are talking about an employee representative who is elected because he meets the same criteria and corresponds

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much for your questions. First of all, on the role of the CBC and whether it should be restricted or all-encompassing, I would say that the answer to that question has to be broken down into the two main components of the official languages, because there may be d

Canadian Heritage committee  No offence. There are enough intelligent people around the table to have a conversation. Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Alain Pineau, and I am the National Director of the Canadian Conference of the Arts, or the CCA. Next to me is Monica Auer, Legal Counsel for these issues.

Finance committee  That is a suggestion that has been supported, by the way, by the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. The aim here is to encourage creativity and support it. That is the proposal. I can tell you that most artists are actually working as waiters and in all sorts of jobs to sustai

Finance committee  I'm sorry, but yes, essentially what we mean is to identify with the lowest paid in this country and hike up the basic exemption.

Finance committee  No. We're lining up with the rest of society and saying that this is probably the best way to help artists, to join ranks with the rest of the taxpayers.