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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 67

Thursday, May 31, 2007

The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage met in camera at 9:07 a.m. this day, in Room 237-C, Centre Block, the Chair, Gary Schellenberger, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Jim Abbott, Charlie Angus, Diane Bourgeois, Gord Brown, Ed Fast, Maka Kotto, Francis Scarpaleggia, Gary Schellenberger, Hon. Andy Scott and Chris Warkentin.

Acting Members present: Hon. Mauril Bélanger for Hon. Hedy Fry and Yasmin Ratansi for Tina Keeper.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Joseph Jackson, Principal ; Marion Ménard, Analyst.

Witnesses: Telefilm Canada: S. Wayne Clarkson, Executive Director; Elizabeth Friesen, Chief Operating Officer. Writers Guild of Canada: Rebecca Schechter, President. Canadian Association of Broadcasters: Glenn O'Farrell, President and Chief Executive Officer. As individuals: Anthony S. Manera; Peter S. Grant, Counsel and Past Chair Technology, Communications and Intellectual Property Group, McCarthy Tétrault. Association of Canadian Advertisers: Ronald S. Lund, President and Chief Executive Officer. Corus Entertainment Inc.: Gary Maavara, Vice-President and General Counsel. Native Communication Inc.: Dave McLeod, General Manager. As an individual: Trina McQueen. Public Policy Forum: Bill Neville, Senior Advisor to the President. McGill University: Marc Raboy, Professor, Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications, Department of Art History and Communication Studies . McMaster University: Philip Savage, Assistant professor, Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia.

Pursuant to Standing Order108(2), the Committee resumed its full investigation of the role of a public broadcaster in the 21st century

The participants with members of the Committee exchanged points of view of the role of a public broadcaster in the 21st century.

At 11:49 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:57 a.m., the sitting resumed.

At 12:39 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Jacques Lahaie
Clerk of the Committee

2007/10/10 2:18 p.m.