So reducing that rhetoric to the simplest terms, you would say, yes, it really doesn't matter. Or would you agree with me that perhaps various governments, whether they be Liberal or Conservative, over the years have demanded to a certain extent that some of the revenue should be gleaned through the commercial sector? That's not something new to this government; it has happened in other governments of a different political stripe.
Would you not agree that, because of the historical nature of funding for CBC, governments should always.... I don't think anyone is saying that there should be no government contribution towards CBC, but it needs to be balanced with regard to viewership, and we need to continue to maintain that service. But it doesn't make much sense to continue to treat CBC as a sacred cow vis-Ă -vis reductions in the numbers of other departments within the federal government. Every single political party in the last election promised to balance the budget by about the same date, so is there not a responsibility for government to live up to their promise, to treat all services that they provide, whether they be CBC, the military, or delivery of service in other ways, and look for ways in which to balance the budget?
Because in the end a healthy economic climate would therefore very well go towards making sure that we have sufficient funds to ensure that bilingualism, over which you are the overseer, and to continue to provide those services. An impoverished country cannot do that, would you not agree?