RDI is the subject of these cuts, not the CBC. RDI had two hours of programming a day to serve Quebec City and the eastern part of the province, that is the region extending from Quebec City to the Saguenay, North Shore and Gaspé Peninsula. That mandate no longer exists. The team has been cut in half, as a result of which the impact will be extremely significant for this large Francophone audience. There are indeed not a lot of Anglophones in that part of the Province of Quebec.
On May 25th, 2007. See this statement in context.