The Commission will continue to take steps to encourage cost-effective means of distribution of information to large numbers of users, notably by using multiplier organisations and electronic dissemination channels, so as to reach the intended target groups.

- where appropriate and through the channels made available to them, participate effectively at all levels in the structures to be set up by the United Nations to prepare the second phase of WSIS, in particular the Task Force on Financing and the Working Group on Internet Governance to be set up by the Secretary General of the United Nations, as well as in the Preparatory Committee;

The Commission will continue to take steps to encourage cost-effective means of distribution to large numbers of users, notably by using multiplier organisations, and electronic dissemination channels so as to reach the intended target groups".

As part of these changes, new rules about community cable channels permitted companies to centralize production for these channels, thereby greatly reducing the involvement of local groups and communities, giving companies the option of not providing any community channel.

To wage this battle effectively, the CBC must do the following: it must be the perfect reflection of regional perspectives across the network; it must help English-speaking Canadians and French-speaking Canadians gain a better understanding of the other group's culture by exposing them to programs produced by the other group; it must contribute to the common understanding of the multicultural or multiracial makeup of our population; it must adopt the strictest standards of journalistic responsibility; finally, it must co-operate with the rest of the broadcasting industry in an effort to come up with new markets for Canadian programs ...[+++]and sound recordings (1640) If we really want the CBC to be the typically Canadian voice that will shape our national identity in a multichannel environment, we must give it the necessary tools with which to confidently plan its future.

Since the number of new services is growing, do you think the CRTC should be allowed to impose some restrictions on these new services in terms of Canadian content?