I agree that on election night your panels come together from across the country and you bring in outside viewpoints. What do you say to the numerous critics you have who say that when it comes to political reporting, the CBC is just a left-Lib. echo chamber? There is no ideological diversity of opinion. I mean, I could go through the hosts you have here in Ottawa and highlight the Evan liberal, Rosie liberal, Terry über-liberal.
I'm not talking big-L; I'm talking small-l here. I think a number of years ago, a former colleague of mine, we worked at the National Post together, Ezra Levant, appeared before the CBC board and challenged it with, “Can you identify a single small-c conservative voice you have in your outlet?” I think they pointed to Don Cherry—and Ezra rightly chuckled at that because of course he was doing hockey commentary—and as you just pointed out, he'll be on his way out shortly.
Even by that measure, you're losing perhaps the one conservative voice you have in the outlet. Again, I'm talking small-c; I'm not talking a partisan Conservative.