Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. McLeod, for presenting here today. I'm very grateful that you're here. NCI has been a part of my life, and here in Manitoba, as you mentioned, it has a long history. Not only that, but as an artist I was part of the emergence of the arts community and the development of APTN as well.
NCI and APTN have been part of my cultural life. One of the things I was thinking about in terms of the mandate review was that if CBC had met its mandate in terms of the aboriginal community in Canada, there wouldn't have been an APTN or an NCI; there's a particular role that NCI and APTN have provided.
I'd like you to talk a bit more about what that role is specifically and how CBC maybe hasn't met that part of its mandate. You mentioned the Broadcasting Act. I'd like you to talk more about how the Broadcasting Act maybe hasn't been clear enough in terms of what role public broadcasting should play in reflecting the aboriginal community.