For its part, CPAC receives the broadcast signal from the House of Commons Broadcast Service and then incorporates that programming unaltered into the signal of the CPAC programming service, which is then distributed nationally to CPAC's network affiliates.

1. When formulating the rules of membership of the monitoring committee, Member States shall take into account the involvement of partners that have been involved in the preparation of the programmes and shall aim to promote equality between men and women and non-discrimination.

In a Recommendation (2013/142/EU) and a Communication (COM/2013/0126 final) published at the end of March 2013, the Commission invited national and European political parties to inform the electorate of their affiliation links and to publish, before the elections, the name of the candidate for President of the Commission they are supporting.

Question No. 410 Ms. Hélène Laverdière: With regard to the Office of Religious Freedom: (a) when did the government decide to establish an Office of Religious Freedom and at whose request; (b) what is the mandate and the objectives of this office; (c) what is the budget breakdown of the office for (i) staff, (ii) programs, (iii) operations; (d) what is the reporting structure of the office; (e) what will the office produce; (f) how many people will be employed in this office and what will be their level; (g) what are the hiring criteria and salary levels for each person employed in this office; (h) how will this office work differ ...[+++]ently from other sections of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) already working on human rights issues; (i) who was consulted regarding the creation of the office, (i) when did the consultations take place, (ii) what are the names and affiliations of those who were consulted; (j) what are the names, positions, and religious affiliations of the guests who attended consultations on a new Office of Religious Freedom in October 2011, (i) how many people from religions including, but not limited to, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Taoism, Buddhism were invited to the meeting, (ii) how were the panellists and participants chosen for the meeting with Minister Baird, (iii) who made the final decisions on panellists and participants chosen for the meeting, (iv) what discussions were held at DFAIT about inviting Amnesty International and why was this organization not invited; and (k) who are the employees responsible for the development of the Office of Religious Freedom within (i) the PMO, (ii) the Foreign Affairs Minister’s Office, (iii) other Ministers’ offices, (iv) DFAIT, (v) other government departments?

I encourage you to ask Mr. Poulter about my work behind the scenes to ensure that affiliate agreement was extended in Peterborough so that CBC programming would continue to air on CHEX-TV, because unlike a lot of communities and I think we could go around the table and find some communities where CBC has lost local programming their reach into those local communities is limited.

Until now, the main objective of small, large, independent, or affiliated programmers has been to ensure the largest possible distribution for their content across all platforms.