Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

Issue No. 41 - Minutes of Proceedings - October 24, 2018

OTTAWA, Wednesday, October 24, 2018
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications met this day at 6:47 p.m., in room 2, Victoria Building, the chair, the Honourable David Tkachuk, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Boisvenu, Dawson, Forest-Niesing, Galvez, MacDonald, Mercer, Miville-Dechêne and Tkachuk (8).

In attendance: Jed Chong and Zackery Shaver, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Services, Library of Parliament.

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, the committee continued its examination on how the three federal communications statutes (the Telecommunications Act, the Broadcasting Act, and the Radiocommunication Act) can be modernized to account for the evolution of the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors in the last decades. (For complete text of the order of reference, see proceedings of the committee, Issue No. 38.)

WITNESSES:

Movie Theatre Association of Canada:

Michael Paris.

Forum for Research and Policy in Communications:

Monica Auer, Executive Director.

Alliance des producteurs francophones du Canada:

Carol Ann Pilon, Executive Director;

Michel Houle, Consultant, Cultural Industries and Communications.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Paris, Ms. Auer and Ms. Pilon made statements and, together with Mr. Houle, answered questions.

At 8:41 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Joëlle Nadeau
Acting Clerk of the Committee