Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Through you I thank the witnesses for attending today.
I had a couple of questions written down, but I feel I must ask the question that's first on my mind as a result of some of the questions you received regarding Radio-Canada and the CBC.
Mr. Fraser, you are aware that the president of the CBC said that one of the reasons there were employee job losses was declining revenues, specifically because of a reduction in viewership related to such things as losing the contract for Hockey Night in Canada. Having some knowledge, if we're talking about newspapers or anything in the media, that there are huge losses on newspapers because of changes of ownership and reduction in readership, we know that when there's a reduction in viewership, advertisers are less likely to pay as much for their minute on television or to decide whether to advertise.
Does the language commissioner take into account the economic realities of a crown corporation that has a substantial numbert of taxpayer dollars going to it, but also an obligation to raise revenues commercially.