My questions will be limited to any sense of previous position. I ask these questions respectfully; I think that's the purpose of this exercise, and I think it's a healthy one.
During the course of the discussions we had earlier this week, one sentence in the text--I mentioned it in the questioning at that time--said that Shaw and Vidéotron had expressed some concerns about the operation of the television fund, and that those had not been addressed. I took that to be a bit of a statement of predisposition, because if the television fund people had been here I'm sure they would have said those concerns were addressed--and others weighed in as well.
Again I do this very respectfully. You see the need for complete objectivity--you said that here and you said that then. There are some pretty fundamental questions here about the fact that in Canada we invest in a private broadcaster, the relationship with American broadcasters, how we have to protect our cultural sovereignty, and all of those questions. How would you respond to a question of your predisposition on those kinds of issues? That would be of concern to us. I would welcome reassurance.