It's a good question. Unfortunately, you're asking the wrong person. I don't have supervisory responsibility for the fund. I don't have any members of the CRTC sitting on the fund, etc. My role, or the role of the CRTC, comes in at the very tail end. Namely, our regulations say that if a licensee “is required under these sections to make a contribution to Canadian programming, it shall contribute (a) to the Canadian production fund at least 80% of its total required contribution”. That's the hook for the CRTC. A licensee is required to pay into the Canadian production fund at least 80% of its total required contribution.
What we saw was a threatening that it might not happen in August. And the interim payment, which traditionally went down on a monthly basis.... So that's how it became, de facto, an enforcement issue and why we came onto the scene.
As to why it wasn't addressed earlier, you should ask the CTF and its board of governors, or you should ask the minister. Really, I'm the wrong person to put the question to.