Mr. Dalfen, we all have tremendously high respect for you. I know it's not comfortable when you find politicians asking you, perhaps, to be an advocate for our particular point of view. I'm wondering along the lines of Mr. Bélanger's question. I want to get this kind of fine tuning from you so that we understand what's going on here.
I think we're in agreement that you take direction from the government. The CRTC takes direction from the government--from the minister and from the government overall--and your submission says that the commission reports to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage. That's the way that is. It says that among the main tasks the commission undertakes is “developing and implementing regulations and policies to meet the objectives of the Broadcasting Act”.
That's where this mushy middle starts to happen. I'm giving you this question so that you can clarify for us. I'm not accusing; I'm asking for further clarification.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I took the position of my Liberal friend to say that if a majority of the members of the House of Commons--who, after all, are not the government--voted that there was to be some kind of continued restriction, or whatever the case may be, on foreign ownership.... From your answer. I took it that you said the CRTC then would become an advocate for that position. I ended up with this impression, and I'm not accusing you of anything; I just need some further clarification.