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Advise and assist the producers of Canadian feature films in the distribution of such films and in the administrative functions of feature film production.
In August 1972, a "Film Distribution Report" prepared jointly
by the National Film Board, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and
the Secretary of State was tabled for the Under-Secretary of State,
Mr. Jules Léger. The objectives of the study prepared by this committee
were listed as follows:
10.
To ensure the broadest possible distribution in Canada and abroad of Canadian film production;
To ensure the greatest possible access of the Canadian public to all Canadian film production;
To promote Canadian film distribution companies and to ensure as far as possible the absence of competition in film distribution between federal agencies and the private sector.
To promote co-operation in production planning, film distribution, and Dromotion among the federal film agencies and departments themselves, and between the agencies and the private sector;
To enlarge the Canadian market for Canadian nontheatrical film production;
To encourage a broader network of lending libraries specializing in Canadian films;
To encourage Canadian producers and distributors in the production and distribution of non-theatrical films;
To examine means of assisting Canadian feature films in their distribution on Canadian and foreign markets;
To establish a basis on which the federal government may negotiate with the appropriate provincial authorities on questions concerning the film industry in general, and distribution and exhibition in particular;
To examine the film distribution practices of the National Film Board, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and other federal agencies and departments.