Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications
Issue 17 - Minutes of Proceedings
DIEPPE, Thursday, April 21, 2005
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications met this day, at 8:53 a.m., in the Champlain Room, of the Ramada Plaza Crystal Palace Hotel, 499 Paul Street, Dieppe, New Brunswick, the Chair, the Honourable Joan Fraser, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Eyton, Fraser, Munson and Trenholme Counsell (4).
In attendance: David M. Black, Special Advisor to the Committee.
Also in attendance: The official reporters of the Senate.
Pursuant to the Order of Reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, October 19, 2004, the committee continued its examination of the current state of Canadian media industries. (For complete text of Order of Reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 1, dated October 7, 2004.)
WITNESSES:
As an individual:
Erin Steuter, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Mount Allison University.
Charlottetown Guardian:
Gary MacDougall, Managing Editor.
As individuals:
Philip Lee, Director of Journalism, St. Thomas University;
Jackie Webster;
Robert Pichette.
Ms. Steuter made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. MacDougall made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. Lee made a statement and answered questions.
Ms. Webster made a statement and, with Mr. Pichette, answered questions.
At 12:17 p.m., it was agreed that the committee adjourn to the call of the Chair.
ATTEST:
DIEPPE, Thursday, April 21, 2005
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[English]
The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications met this day, at 1:18 p.m., in the Champlain Room, of the Ramada Plaza Crystal Palace Hotel, 499 Paul Street, Dieppe, New Brunswick, the Chair, the Honourable Joan Fraser, presiding.
Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Fraser, Munson, and Trenholme Counsell (3).
In attendance: David M. Black, Special Advisor to the Committee.
Also in attendance: The official reporters of the Senate.
Pursuant to the Order of Reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, October 19, 2004, the Committee continued its examination of the current state of Canadian media industries. (For complete text of Order of Reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 1, dated October 7, 2004.)
WITNESSES:
As individuals:
David Henley;
Jack McAndrew.
L'Acadie Nouvelle:
Clarence LeBreton, President of the Board of Directors;
Jean St-Cyr, Managing Editor;
Gilles F. Haché, Director of Sales and Marketing.
As individuals:
John Steeves;
David Cadogan, Past President, Canadian Community Newspapers Association;
Jonathan Franklin;
Bernard Robichaud, Agence de presse atlantique inc.;
Bethany Thorne-Dykstra;
Eric Tobin;
Charles LeBlanc;
Gilles Haché, Le Moniteur Acadien;
Claude Bourque;
Kevin Matthews, Max Media Ltd.;
Maurice Rainville;
Jean-Marie Nadeau, New Brunswick Federation of Labour;
John Murphy, New Brunswick Federation of Labour.
Mr. Henley made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. McAndrew made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. LeBreton made a statement and, with Messrs. Saint-Cyr and Haché, answered questions.
At 3:35 p.m., the committee suspended.
At 3:45 p.m., the committee resumed.
Mr. Steeves made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. Cadogan made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. Franklin made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. Robichaud made a statement and answered questions.
Ms. Thorne-Dykstra made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. Tobin made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. LeBlanc made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. Haché made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. Bourque made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. Mathews made a statement and answered questions.
Mr. Rainville made a statement and answered questions.
Messrs. Nadeau and Murphy made a statement and answered questions.
At 6:18 p.m., it was agreed that the committee adjourn to the call of the Chair.
ATTEST:
Till Heyde
Clerk of the Committee