I think it's Ursula Franklin who says we've gone from good governance to being administered. The value, it seems to me, with globalization and as we've embarked on many of these international trade agreements where we've divested of our government's ability to protect public interest.....
As we're reviewing the CBC's mandate--and you suggest it's fine as it goes, but it's just not able to fulfill it--is there a need or an interest in having our public radio have a mandate to protect our democratic institutions? Democracy and culture are closely related.
I look at another issue that's uppermost in the minds of many Canadians today, and that's our ability to fight climate change, so sustainability--are those issues that the CBC, within its mandate, should be taking more seriously?