Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for coming in this morning. We appreciate your testimony and your insight into the whole issue of the CBC.
As you said, Mr. Sauvageau, we're embarking on a venture that I'm sure is a lot bigger than we'll ever get through in terms of finding how we're going to deal with some of the challenges the CBC has come into in the last number of years.
You broached the issue of Canada having the CBC and Radio-Canada and the broadcaster playing a role of being a nation builder, being a significant part of what holds us together, reflecting our national consciousness from one end of the country to the other. Then you went further and talked about the fact that viewership is down to 5% in some regions and fewer people were watching it than ever in terms of percentages of the population.
I'm wondering how you see the CBC still playing an important role as a nation builder or a reflection of the nation in this changing world. I think it is a noble and important part of the CBC's role, to keep us informed of our country, and I think it's probably one of the more important discussions that we're going to have in terms of the future of the CBC.
So what are your thoughts on the challenge, and specifically on the issue of the CBC being a nation builder?