It seems that they're starting to do it in radio. There was a call for submissions, for people to come up with pitch ideas for radio. I know of several people who submitted a pitch that was later accepted by the CBC. It was amazing. They were invited in to assist on Definitely Not the Opera, given a tape recorder, shown how the equipment works, and then sent out, and they are now able to develop their radio program.
I know it's larger and more complicated in television, but just that outreach to the community.... There are a lot of young writers. I have a lot of students who have ideas. They're just brimming with ideas, but they feel they have no access. They don't really understand how it works, and they feel it's a closed shop.
With this radio initiative, they just sent out a call for submissions and pitches. What a pitch should look like was laid out very clearly, and they provided samples. That was really working—for radio anyway—and it was just great that they were able to pick up a couple of local people and give them that opportunity.
So I think that's one way it could be done.