Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much. You are always informative and animated, and it's much appreciated.
I'm going to the brief. Let me just say that in terms of funding, in addition to the argumentation that offers comparisons to other jurisdictions, the point has to be made--and I'm sure you're aware of this, but I think it needs to be made on the record--that it is very expensive to offer broadcasting in a country as big and as sparsely populated as this one, so even those comparisons are generous to Canada. I think it's important for that point to be made.
Other than Hockey Night in Canada, when it says that some programming should be other than professional sports, is there anything else you were thinking about, other than maybe vacating some local news in some markets? It says “for instance”, and I'm just curious as to what other things you were thinking about when you said “for instance”.