There was a fee on radio sets in the thirties in Canada, which would probably surprise most people in this room. The reason they got rid of it really quickly was because people were saying the Americans don't have it, so why do we need it. At least there's the Atlantic Ocean between the United States and Britain, which is why they're able to get it. So, no, I don't think we can have a fee per television set, like in Britain. I'm simply saying that the public money for the BBC is over a period of time, it's guaranteed, and in Canada it's every year. It's like let's find out if we're going to give the CBC a dollar or a billion dollars.
I was in a room with Bev Oda before she was elected, and she said “We have to give the CBC stable, multi-year funding, and that's the Conservative position.” I just thought I'd point that out.