Studies & Bills

Studies & Bills	Date Referred	Session	note	note
The current state of Canadian media industries; emerging trends and developments in these industries; the media’s role, rights, and responsibilities in Canadian society; and current and appropriate future policies relating thereto	(2003-03-19)	37-2
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 10:50 AM Ms. Sarah Crawford; Vice-President, Public Affairs (From CHUM Ltd.) Mr. Peter Miller, Vice-President, Planning and Regulatory Affairs (From CHUM Ltd.) Mr. Jay Switzer, President and Chief Executive Officer (From CHUM Ltd.) Tuesday, November 4, 2003 at 9:32 AM John M. Cassaday, President and Chief Executive Officer (Corus Entertainment Inc.) John P. Hayes, President, Corus Radio (Corus Entertainment Inc.) Kathleen McNair, Vice-President, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, General Counsel (Corus Entertainment Inc.) Paul Robertson, President, Corus Television and Nelvana (Corus Entertainment Inc.) Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 10:56 AM Mr. André Préfontaine, President (From Transcontinental Media Inc.) Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at 9:37 AM Luc Lavoie, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs (Quebecor Inc.) Thursday, October 23, 2003 at 9:48 AM Tony Burman, Editor in Chief, CBC News, Current Affairs and Newsworld, CBC Radio, TV and cbc.ca (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Robert Rabinovitch, President and Chief Executive Officer (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Claude Saint-Laurent, Special Advisor to the President and Chair, Journalistic Standards and Practices (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Alain Saulnier, General Director of Information, French Radio (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Carole Taylor, Chair, Board of Directors (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at 9:41 AM Armande Saint-Jean, Professor, Department of Literature and Communications, University of Sherbrooke (As an individual) Thursday, October 9, 2003 at 10:46 AM Arthur Lewis, Director General (Our Public Airwaves) Sheila Petzold, Chair of the Coordinating Committee (Our Public Airwaves) Doug Willard, Past President of the Canadian Teachers' Federation (Our Public Airwaves) Tuesday, October 7, 2003 at 9:38 AM Ken Engelhart, Vice-President, Regulatory Law (Rogers Communications Inc.) Philip B. Lind, Vice-Chairman (Rogers Communications Inc.) Brian Segal, President and Chief Executive Officer (Rogers Publishing Limited) Alain Strati, Director, Regulatory Affairs (Rogers Communications Inc.) Anthony P. Viner, President (Rogers Media Inc.) Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 10:50 AM Charles Dalfen, Chairperson (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission) Marc O'Sullivan, Executive Director, Broadcasting Directorate (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission) Andrée P. Wylie, Vice-Chairperson, Broadcasting (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission) Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 9:43 AM Gaston Jorré, Acting Commissioner of Competition (Competition Bureau, Industry Canada) Peter Sagar, Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Competition Policy Branch (As an Individual) Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 10:48 AM Thursday, June 19, 2003 at 10:48 AM Clark Davey, former newspaper publisher (As an individual) Hamilton Southam, former Director of Southam Inc. (As an individual) Wilson Southam, former Director of Southam Inc. and Southam Newspapers (As an individual) James Travers (As an individual) Tuesday, June 17, 2003 at 9:32 AM Peter Kohl (As an individual) Anne Kothawala, President and Chief Executive Officer (Canadian Newspaper Association) Thursday, June 12, 2003 at 9:30 AM Tim Casey, Managing Director, Media and Entertainment, BMO Nesbitt Burns (As an individual) Andrea Horan, Communications and Media Analyst, Westwind Partners (As an individual) Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at 9:35 AM Kirk LaPointe (As an individual) Tuesday, June 3, 2003 at 9:35 AM Brian MacLeod Rogers, Lawyer (As an individual) Christopher Maule, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Economics, and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. (As an individual) Thursday, May 29, 2003 at 10:57 AM Jamie Cameron, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (As an individual) Pierre Trudel, Professor, L.R. Wilson Chair in Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law, Public Law Research Centre, University of Montreal (As an individual) Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 9:34 AM Donna Logan, Director, School of Journalism, University of British Columbia (As an individual) Patrick Luciani, Senior Fellow (Fraser Institute) Neil Seeman, Senior Policy Analyst, and Director, Canadian Statistical Assessment Service (Fraser Institute) Thursday, May 15, 2003 at 10:48 AM Roger D. Landry, former Publisher of La Presse (As an individual) Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 9:37 AM Vince Carlin, Chair and Associate Professor, School of Journalism, Ryerson University (As an individual) Carolyn Newman, Independent Producer (As an individual) Charly Smith, Independent Producer (As an individual) Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 10:45 AM Marc-François Bernier, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Ottawa (As an individual) Gaëtan Tremblay, Professor, Department of Communications, and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Communication, Information, and Society, Université du Québec à Montréal (As an individual) Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at 9:37 AM Denise Bombardier, journalist and author (As an individual) Christopher Dornan, Director, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University (As an individual) Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 10:49 AM Gerald Caplan, former Co-Chair, Task Force on Broadcasting Policy (As an individual) Russell Mills, Neiman Fellow, Harvard University (As an individual) Florian Sauvageau, Director, Centre for Media Studies, Laval University, and former Co-Chair, Task Force on Broadcasting Policy (As an individual) Patrick Watson, former Chair of the CBC (As an individual) Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 9:33 AM Tom Kent, Fellow, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, and former Chair of the Royal Commission on Newspapers (As an individual) Mark Starowicz, Executive Producer, CBC CineNorth (As an individual) Thursday, March 20, 2003 at 11:03 AM
Examination of issues facing the intercity busing industry	(2002-10-30)	37-2
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Thursday, December 5, 2002 at 10:50 AM Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 11:05 AM Tuesday, November 26, 2002 at 9:35 AM Sylvain Langis, President and Chief Executive Officer (Groupe Orléans Express Inc.:)
Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act	(2002-10-24)	37-2
Show/Hide the list of witnesses Thursday, February 27, 2003 at 11:03 AM Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 9:57 AM Larry Durr, Director, Broadcasting Distribution Services (Department of Canadian Heritage) Mario Lepage, Legal Counsel (Department of Canadian Heritage) Marc O'Sullivan, Director General, Broadcasting Policy and Innovation (Department of Canadian Heritage) Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 10:47 AM Edith Cody-Rice, Senior Legal Counsel (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) A. R. (Tony) Lacombe, Director General, Broadcasting Operations (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) Shaun Poulter, Manager, Government Relations (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Allan Rosenzveig, General Counsel, Telecommunications, Legal Directorate (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) Michel Tremblay, Vice-President, Strategy and Businenss Development (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 9:33 AM Ron Carlson, Administrative Vice-President, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (Telecommunications Workers Union) Paulette Halupa, Second Vice-President (National Anti-Poverty Organization) Linda Lalonde, President (National Anti-Poverty Organization) Neil Morrison, Vice-President (Telecommunications Workers Union) Gwen Wood, First Vice-President (National Anti-Poverty Organization) Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 10:53 AM Michael Janigan, Executive Director (Public Interest Advocacy Centre:) Andrew Reddick, Director of Research (Public Interest Advocacy Centre:) Jean Sébastien, Delegate (Union des consommateurs:) Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at 6:15 PM Edith Cody-Rice, Senior Legal Counsel (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:) David Goldstein, Vice-President, Government Relations (Canadian Association of Broadcasters:) The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Sponsor of the Bill (As an Individual) Nick Masciantonio, Vice-President, Government Relations (Canadian Cable Television Association:) Glenn O'Farrell, President and Chief Executive Officer (Canadian Association of Broadcasters:) Shaun Poulter, Project Manager, Government Relations (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:) Elizabeth Roscoe, Senior Vice-President, External Affairs (Canadian Cable Television Association:) Michel Tremblay, Vice-President, Strategy and Business Development (Canadian Broadcasting Association:) The Honourable Sheila Finestone, P.C. (Melford International Terminal Inc.)

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