Thank you for that clarification.
For most of the other witnesses, funding for the CBC has been by far the biggest issue. There have been suggestions from most of the witnesses that the CBC requires significantly more funding than it presently gets. At present, in real dollars it's probably getting about 50% of the funding it got, say, 10 or 15 years ago.
There have been different suggestions as to how that funding should be delivered. Obviously some of the witnesses have suggested the old model, which is just that the federal government should pump more money into the CBC. Others have referred to the CBC's having more access to subscriber fees.
Then there was a suggestion by a number of witnesses, including a former president of the CBC, Tony Manera, that in fact there should be a complete paradigm shift. As you know, the private broadcasters do receive some subsidies from the federal government--for example, through the CTF--and the suggestion Mr. Manera made was that the federal government should get completely out of the business of funding the private broadcasters and rechannel that money to the CBC. In return, the private broadcasters would receive the benefit of a relaxation of some of the Canadian content requirements. It's a different approach, a different perspective, on how we can solve the funding crisis at the CBC.
Perhaps I could have your comments on that proposal.