There's no question in my mind that the resources were a direct relationship to the CBC's ability to fulfil its mandate. Undoubtedly the breadth of programming and concern was curtailed when the budget was cut. Some of that money was transferred to the Canadian Television Fund, so it went from CBC to the independent community. So the money was still in the system, but because it was not CBC's money specifically, decisions were bent by that.
On May 24th, 2007. See this statement in context.