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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

First Session Thirty-eighth Parliament, 2004

Chair: The Honourable JOAN FRASER

Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Issue No. 2

Fifth and sixth meetings on:
The current state of Canadian media industries

WITNESSES:

Tuesday, November 23, 2004

As an individual:

Ben Chin, Toronto One.

''Western Standard'':

Ezra Levant, Publisher.

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada:

Peter Murdoch, Vice-President;

Joe Matyas, President, Toronto CEP; Journalist, London Free Press;

John Spears, Journalist, The Toronto Star.

As an individual:

Christopher Waddell, Carty Chair in Business and Financial Journalism, Carleton University.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Joan Fraser, Chair

The Honourable David Tkachuk, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Austin, P.C. (or Rompkey, P.C.), Baker, P.C., Carney, P.C., Chaput, Di Nino, Eyton, *Kinsella (or Stratton), Merchant, Munson, Phalen, Trenholme Counsell

* Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The name of the Honourable Senator LaPierre was removed (November 21, 2004).

The name of the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C., substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Chaput (November 22, 2004).

The name of the Honourable Senator Di Nino substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Johnson (November 23, 2004).

The name of the Honourable Senator Chaput substituted for that of the Honourable Senator Fairbairn, P.C. (November 24, 2004).