The issue, quite simply, is how much more money would we have to put into CBC in order to be able to carry out the mandate it has? Meanwhile, we are putting money into all these various funding envelopes that are producing great works, but a lot of that is not being shown on CBC. These were all structures that worked great in the 1970s. In 2007, should we be saying we are funding numerous projects all over the place, but they are part of one central broadcast system? Would you support that?
On May 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.