Madam Oda, Jim Abbott was at our committee speaking to the CRTC chair on October 30, 2006. He said, “I think we're in agreement that you”--the CRTC--“take direction from the government. The CRTC takes direction from the government--from the minister...” and later, “That's the way that is.”
It's very interesting to see, now that we have a full-blown crisis, that we're suddenly stepping back and saying, no, the CRTC has nothing to do with government. It's in direct contradiction to the message your government has been putting out to Canadians, which is that the CRTC is under you.