It is not our role to tell the CBC how to do its job. But the cutbacks or budgetary constraints have hampered the corporation in terms of regional coverage, including regional coverage of artists and artistic organizations. We see very few francophone artists outside of Montreal, for example, on the corporation's airwaves. This regional presence was unfortunately eliminated because of budgetary constraints. More resources would allow the corporation to paint a more realistic picture of regional diversity and linguistic diversity in Canada.
On April 26th, 2007. See this statement in context.