Recommendation 1
The Commissioner of Official Languages recommends that the Department of Canadian Heritage, working with professional associations and federal departments and agencies that are responsible for television production, strengthen their coordinated strategy in order to better support the production and broadcasting of television products from official language minority communities and overcome the barriers that have been identified.

Recommendation 2
The Commissioner of Official Languages recommends to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission that it:

a) develop a specific policy which will:

• clarify the concept of regional reflection;
• distinguish between the production of regional programs in the majority official language and the production of regional programs in the minority official language;

b) encourage all Canadian broadcasting services to make commitments regarding the development and acquisition of French-language programs produced outside Quebec and English-language programs produced in Quebec, including a certain percentage produced outside of Montréal.

Recommendation 3
The Commissioner of Official Languages recommends that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission formulate a policy in order to define the minimum commitments to be made by major media conglomerates (those authorized to operate in several provinces with a potential reach of more than 70% of the audience in their language of operation) in order to reflect the reality of official language minority communities and meet their needs. These commitments should be included in licence conditions.

Recommendation 4
The Commissioner of Official Languages recommends that, at the time of licence renewal, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission monitor licensees more rigorously when they have commitments or licence conditions with respect to developing and acquiring programs produced in the minority official language.

Recommendation 5
The Commissioner of Official Languages recommends that CBC/ Radio-Canada provide a more detailed report to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on its expenditures for official language programming in a minority context. The report should include a breakdown of expenditures for official language programs in a minority context, the number of hours of programming and information on whether these programs are broadcast during peak hours and whether they are broadcast over the national network. This information could be repeated in its report to Canadian Heritage on the implementation of section 41 of the Official Languages Act.

Recommendation 6
The Commissioner of Official Languages recommends that the Department of Canadian Heritage ensure there are members who understand the unique issues of production in a minority context on the Canadian Television Fund’s board of directors.

Recommendation 7
The Commissioner of Official Languages recommends that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission establish incentives for the production of Canadian live-action and animation programs in French for children and youth.

Recommendation 8
The Commissioner of Official Languages recommends that the Department of Canadian Heritage review its policy of international co-production with a view to promoting original French-language production, particularly in animation.

Recommendation 9
The Commissioner of Official Languages recommends that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

a) establish incentives to encourage the broadcasting of Canadian animation and live-action programs in French for children and youth;

b) clearly indicate, in the licence conditions, the language of production of original Canadian programs.

Recommendation 10
The Commissioner of Official Languages recommends that Radio-Canada increase its efforts to broadcast original French-language Canadian series for children and youth.

Recommendation 11
The Commissioner of Official Languages recommends that the Department of Canadian Heritage take steps to ensure that new television productions that have benefited from the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and the support of the Canadian Television Fund be dubbed in Canada when they will be broadcast on Canadian television in either of the official languages.