Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's fair to say that in any transaction of this size and nature there will obviously be some redundancies, but the great news is that not only are we committed to the 10,000 employees who currently work at Shaw, but we have further committed to creating 3,000 net new jobs as part of this transaction as we move ahead with our extension of service into indigenous, rural and remote communities, and as we deploy our 5G networks and do a lot of our new build.

Canadian Heritage committee  We think that it should be a category that provides that option, because you might have a broadcasting group that thinks drama's the most important thing for it to put its money on, whereas for us at Rogers certainly local news and information programming is one of our major calling cards, ergo we want to bolster it and ensure that we can continue to do it as well as we do today and even better.

Canadian Heritage committee  On the one hand, we would like to see a category that would allow us to spend our Canadian programming expenses on local news and programming. That doesn't exist today. We would like to see that added, because as Colette was discussing, as a broadcaster, one has to spend a certain amount of money every given year on Canadian programming.

Canadian Heritage committee  There are a few things to put in the window. With regard to prices in Canada, when you look at a number of different international studies, for example, OECD reports, the CRTC monitoring report and the Wall report, all of them will tell you that on a price value comparison, Canadians are running effectively in the middle of the pack.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll have to respond in English, if that's okay. The entire hallmark of this transaction and the coming together of these two companies is to bridge the digital divide, to bring innovation and competition to the west, to bring affordability and affordable Internet to the west and to vulnerable communities, and to ensure that everybody has access to broadband.

Canadian Heritage committee  This was definitely a subject that was touched on at the CRTC hearing, and of course we acknowledge that once Shaw no longer owns Corus, it will be independent and will be eligible to get funding from the ILNF, which is effectively a $21-million-a-year fund that provides money to the independent broadcasters and comes out of the BDU, the cable and satellite contribution that we make to the broadcasting system.

Canadian Heritage committee  Can you hear me?

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, thanks for inviting us here to discuss Bill C-10. My name is Pam Dinsmore. I am vice-president, regulatory cable, and with me is Susan Wheeler, vice-president, B2B distribution and regulatory, for Rogers Sports and Media. At Rogers, we are committed to leading our industry in broadcasting innovation, as well as in celebrating and amplifying Canada's culture and identity.