At the same time, though, from my experience in dealing with people in the CBC, I think that because their budget is diminishing due to having no cost of living increases, the CBC are scrambling, and if you want them to take a leadership position, you have to at least give them a platform upon which to stand. They are more concerned about how to fill the number of hours they have: what are they going to fill them with, what are they going to do with this budget cut this year, which person is leaving, which person is there? So they are never in a position where they can comfortably address what it is they should be doing as a public broadcaster.
On May 24th, 2007. See this statement in context.