Merci.
In our view, the mandate, the role of the CBC is still an important one. The world has changed rapidly. What we're seeing is that we need to look at the CBC going forward, and what could its future role be? It's a fundamental role of reflecting Canadians.... Maximizing Canadian programming is still very important.
We would really like to see the priority of the CBC become increasingly focused on producing content for Canadians. It has such a diverse role now in terms of its many responsibilities, and I think it needs to be reassessed in terms of the changing world in which it's functioning.
What we'd like to see avoided is the kind of ad hoc, patchwork funding that's been going into CBC over the last few years, particularly on the programming side, where they're clearly stretched in many ways.
You're looking at $60 million being renewed on an annual basis for programming. To us, it's kind of a band-aid on a larger problem, which is: how is this organization funded, and how can you maximize the dollars going into production for the Canadian public?