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Canadian Heritage committee  No, I am not aware of this. It is normal not to consult an organization such as ours regarding the renewal of some specific program. When the news came out, during the summer, I was on vacation. We found the press release a few weeks later. Actually, summer is often a calm period

October 22nd, 2009Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, it's an idea we will certainly fully support as well. From all the information we have, it should remain with the Canada Council, because this is not an issue of pitching FACTOR or MUSICACTION against the Canada Council. They are operating under different circumstances, with

October 22nd, 2009Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Canadian Heritage committee  We did not specifically say in our letter to Minister Moore that the money should go to the Canada Council. We've taken that for granted. We just said it's $1.3 million, and surely to God in the next budget you can find that to prevent the disappearance of something that is impor

October 22nd, 2009Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Canadian Heritage committee  We seem to be talking at cross-purposes. Nobody disputes that the investment of the government, as was confirmed through the five-year renewal of the Canadian Music Fund, is needed. On better days, I would even argue that it's not enough. The issue here is that we're talking ab

October 22nd, 2009Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Canadian Heritage committee  It had to do with distribution.

October 22nd, 2009Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Canadian Heritage committee  Distribution is one part of the $1.3 million. The Distribution Service has existed for many years and it is managed by the Canadian Music Centre on behalf of the Canada Council. This service created an international network for distributing small catalogues by consolidating the c

October 22nd, 2009Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Canadian Heritage committee  I am not going to speculate about the reasons why the government would make this kind of transfer. The most generous explanation that I can provide is that it was done inadvertently. You will have the opportunity next week to ask officials from Canadian Heritage if they recommen

October 22nd, 2009Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Canadian Heritage committee  I cannot quote the entire text, but the commitment has to do with preserving and promoting cultural diversity all over the world, on the international scene, and with recognizing that cultural products—if I can use this expression that some find offensive—and cultural expressions

October 22nd, 2009Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Canadian Heritage committee  This is not something I can tackle in 30 seconds here, and even if you gave me an hour, I'm not sure I would be ready to answer that question point blank. I am stating that our society is culturally diverse. We have not gone the melting pot route. We are trying to honour and res

October 22nd, 2009Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Industry committee  Good morning, Mr. Chairman, committee members. My name is Alain Pineau, and I am the National Director of the Canadian Conference of the Arts. Beside me are Mr. Garry Neil, President of Neil Craig Associates, our foreign ownership advisor. CCA is the oldest and most broadly-base

April 1st, 2010Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Industry committee  The complexity and interconnectedness of the various instruments set up to promote and sustain Canadian cultural expression cannot be fully appreciated by taking a scattergun approach to federal policy development. Opening up foreign ownership and control of our telecommunication

April 1st, 2010Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Industry committee  Mr. Garneau, I would like to answer your question on the assumption. I don't know whether this is what Canadians want, but I can tell you I found this in today's Citizen—it's an advertisement for the new WIND service. It's selling very well to Canadians, who think that telecommun

April 1st, 2010Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Industry committee  No you cannot. You're not listening to what we're telling you. I'm sorry--

April 1st, 2010Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Industry committee  I apologize for my outburst--

April 1st, 2010Committee meeting

Alain Pineau

Industry committee  --but you keep saying, “What I'm hearing”. Well, what you're not hearing is that.... I disagree fundamentally with both you and Mr. Garneau. We're not talking about the Telecommunications Act here. We're talking about the Broadcasting Act. You cannot erect a firewall between th

April 1st, 2010Committee meeting

Alain Pineau