As far as production is concerned, during the 1970s and up until 1984 or 1985, many different types of programs were produced. The community was pumped up like never before. Daniel Lavoie was a product of this era. A certain kind of energy was in the air and professionals wanted to work in the culture and communications fields.
After 1984-1985, cuts were made and several minor programs were produced in Western Canada. With the advent of the Canadian Television Fund, tax credits and independent production in 1995, we arrived on the scene and once again began producing programs. However, our partners weren't the SRC, but rather TFO, TVA, Astral and others. They were so far removed from local production that even local management had given up on the idea. Any thoughts of getting into local production had been set aside because this had been in some respects the exclusive domain of the SRC for many years. Even independent producers were wondering what I was up to, because they had more or less abandoned the field of production.