Canadian Heritage committee  The decrease is about $64 million, but that's simply on the numbers that are presented. I'm not saying that we have seen our budget decrease by $64.8 million. The $60 million that we hope we will be receiving when we are in front of Treasury Board in a couple of days will make th

Canadian Heritage committee  In terms of constant dollars.

Canadian Heritage committee  Avec plaisir. But with the resources we have, we need to make some choices. We need to balance our priorities. How much out of these resources should be dedicated to regional programming? There are much larger strategic questions. In the current broadcast environment, is it a go

Canadian Heritage committee  As the head of CBC/Radio-Canada, I meet with our minister on a regular basis. We have conversations that focus on CBC/Radio-Canada, on the industry, and on issues that cross CBC/Radio-Canada and the other public broadcasters. These conversations are ongoing.

Canadian Heritage committee  These conversations have been one-on-one or with people from CBC/Radio-Canada and people from the entourage of the minister.

Canadian Heritage committee  When we started seeing the ad revenues drop, in television in particular, at CBC/Radio-Canada we started identifying solutions. We started talking about financial flexibility. One of the things financial flexibility involved was this bridge financing that you're referring to. Bri

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. I have many things to say. That why I'm going to be closer to 15 minutes than 10. Mr. Chair, members of the committee, good afternoon. It was almost a year ago that I appeared before your committee to tell you about CBC/Radio Canada's plans