I agree with the logic of your thinking on this, but the reality is a lot of voters aren't necessarily watching the CBC. At some point, when it comes to budget considerations, we have to have the ammunition to say that people are turning to the CBC and that it is relevant and that it's not just an incubator for experimental ideas that has no sort of accountability to the viewer base. That's sort of the conundrum, really.
On May 24th, 2007. See this statement in context.