THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

OTTAWA, Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications met this day at 9 a.m., in room B45, Senate of Canada Building, the chair, the Honourable Leo Housakos, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Clement, Cormier, Dawson, Housakos, Klyne, Manning, Miville-Dechêne, Quinn, Simons, Sorensen and Woo (11).

Participating in the meeting: Jed Chong and Khamla Heminthavong, analysts, Library of Parliament.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, the committee continued its consideration of the subject matter of Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts.

WITNESSES:

Blue Ant Media:

Michael MacMillan, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (by videoconference).

Netflix:

Stéphane Cardin, Director, Public Policy.

Motion Picture Association - Canada:

Wendy Noss, President.

Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters:

Justin Rebelo, Director (by videoconference);

Noah Segal, President (by videoconference).

As an individual:

Frédéric Bastien Forrest, Radio personality and content creator.

Michael MacMillan and Frédéric Bastien Forrest each made a statement and answered questions.

At 9:55 a.m., the committee suspended.

At 10 a.m., the committee resumed.

Stéphane Cardin, Wendy Noss, Noah Segal and Justin Rebelo each made a statement and answered questions.

At 11 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Vincent Labrosse

Clerk of the Committee