From the beginning of this process we have wanted to see a plan for increasing the quality of Canadian television programming through our investment. We asked for a plan for reform that is based on the three principles we have discussed—performance, accountability, and fairness.
The sincere and cooperative consultations that we have had over the last few weeks and months have reassured us that our message has been heard. We are confident that there is real and growing consensus to thoroughly review and restructure the way we produce and fund quality Canadian television programs. We believe there has been some acceptance of these principles that we have put forward to guide this review.
We were part of the initiation of the original programming fund development mechanism and the Canadian production fund. We have been financial supporters of the fund since some eleven years ago. We do not wish to destabilize the development of programming or throw the production industry into disarray. We are currently sufficiently assured and confident there will be a process and a schedule that will meet the suggestions for reform. We wish to assure the committee that today we will restore our payments to the CTF.
Mr. Chairman, that concludes our remarks.