Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, I would like to make a comment, and then I would have a brief question.
Mr. McCloud, I am very happy that you are here this morning. At other hearings we have held, aboriginal persons came to tell us that they did indeed need a lot of services.
Personally, as a member of Parliament from Quebec, I am very sensitive to aboriginal claims. You have several common languages that allow you to communicate, as well as your own culture which has to be protected.
This week we received a document from a large bank—the TD Bank, not to mention any names—in which it was said that the way to enrich a country was to educate and train its population. I am aware of everything Canadian aboriginal people have gone through. I am familiar with your claims since the arrival of white people in Canada. And in light of that, I think that it is extremely important that you too have a right to this education and training that white people have access to.
That being said, you referred to the creation of partnerships with the CBC. I want to know honestly and frankly whether, since your radio and television stations have been on the air, you have asked the CBC to partner up with you. What was its reply? What happened in the aftermath? I don't want a political answer; I want to know what actually happened.