I will tell Mr. Jones that he may have had a short presentation, but it was succinct and he said it all in that short presentation.
I want to ask a couple of questions.
We've gone through this. Everyone has agreed that everyone loves the CBC, that the CBC must maintain its uniqueness and that it does have a real mandate. Some people have said it is spreading itself too thinly. Others have said that its expectations are too high for the resources it has been given, so obviously the question is resources. The question is what is the CBC going to do.
You have given some very good ideas of what you thought the CBC should do. You've said it all very nicely: documentaries, feature films, etc., and programming for children, etc. You've talked about the digital world, and I want to question Thom about that later on.
For me, the question is basically this. We've all established, at least from the people here today, that the CBC should remain and should be resourced appropriately. We've heard Mr. Jones say, as many others have said before him, that it's obvious the CBC needs to be very independent and needs to actually have as little political interference as possible, but that it needs to be accountable.
My main question is this. You've identified this as well, Brian—and I have always found this very disconcerting—that the CBC doesn't cater to youth at all. It has ignored that market. How do we develop a future for the CBC? We know resources is one factor, but let's talk about the nitty-gritty of developing a future for the CBC where it could build a new generation of CBC advocates, people who listen to or watch the CBC. How could it do so in the digital media, and, as Thom said earlier, brand itself so that CBC looks at niche content as opposed to the old hip model content?
I would like to hear from you on how you see the CBC moving into the future. We've heard about regionalization, but I would like to ask you if you really believe that the CBC represents the racial and multicultural reality of this country as it could.