Our obligation to support productions being licensed by CBC/SRC comes from the Department of Canadian Heritage. People at Canadian Heritage are making these decisions. It is not up to us to say whether direct subsidies would be a solution to this problem. The only thing I want to say is that when CBC/SRC does business with us, the regulations applying to the entire industry, to the CBC/SRC and all commercial broadcasters, licence fees and the requirement to ensure production across Canada are the same. The obligation to produce shows in all genres is also the same.
On February 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.