Are there access programming “cold spots?
The dataset available, with less than 100 respondents, cannot lead directly to this conclusion. It is true that no community access producers have reported from some provinces, but that, in this early stage of reporting, may simply indicate a lack of awareness in those areas. Possibly, the BDUs responsible for community programming in those areas have not notified community access groups sufficiently of the availability of the questionnaire. Equally possibly, those BDUs may have few access groups working with them. As it stands, however, there is no data reported from any territory, Newfoundland and Labrador, or Saskatchewan. Some other provinces have only one or two reporting groups. No programming has been reported in aboriginal languages, and very little in languages other than French or English. The conclusion is that evidence should be sought to determine whether these, and other under-reporting areas, are actually “cold spots” for access production, or whether potential responden
