Mr. Chair, I would just add something very briefly. I think Bill has obviously hit the nail on the head.
There's no advertising on CBC Radio, except in very rare circumstances, whereas on CBC Television, over half their budget comes from advertising. So that has a big impact on that.
But having said that, I think we also have to acknowledge that CBC has made tremendous progress in the last number of years in terms of breaking down a lot of the old silos that existed. There's much more collaboration within the corporation between radio and television. You've got people like “Sir” Rex Murphy. He's on television, he does radio, he writes a column in The Globe and Mail. So a lot of the barriers are breaking down, and that's a positive that we need to acknowledge. More needs to be done--there's no question about it--but we should not neglect to acknowledge the positive things that have been happening.
The other thing too is that with the Internet, which is the future essentially, you have a blurring of the lines. You have a medium now that is not strictly video, it's not strictly audio, and it's not strictly print; it's all of them pulled together. So as time goes on, this convergence of media is going to accelerate. You're going to have all of these platforms. You already have them. There will be tremendous opportunities here, and I'm delighted. I think the CBC should be commended for the leadership it's taking in terms of new media.
Thank you.