As I said in my comments, there is only one alternative, frankly, and that is in some form of public financing.
I think that if you believe we need a public broadcaster, then implicit in that is the commitment that it's not going to be simply a commercial broadcaster as dependent on advertising as this one happens to be at the moment. If you think the CBC should be as heavily in commercials as it is, maybe it doesn't need the subsidy. Maybe we don't need a public broadcaster. That's a point of view one could argue, but you can't play it both ways, I don't think.
Thirty dollars a head, given Andy's point about the sheer physical coverage involved.... As you know, this is one of the most extensive broadcasting operations physically in the world in terms of language: four networks, two languages, Northern Services in several, etc., and for $30 a head versus $120-something in the British system in a much more compact, physical, one-language situation.... At some point you either believe in it and you're willing to support it or you're not. I don't think you can beat around the bush on it.