We virtually do not have a choice. Radio-Canada is currently restricted by ratings. The only way to make it financially is to have good ratings and profitable advertising. The big ratings are in the major centres, Montreal and Toronto.
Considering Mr. Angus's example, if Radio-Canada invests in news operations in northern Ontario, the Francophone population pool won't be the same there as in Montreal. So it is more profitable for it to do that in Montreal. That is why it needs stable, recurring, multi-year funding and a clear mandate.
A number of ideas were advanced, such as the idea that 25¢ or 50¢ should be given to each person. We don't have a choice. The money has to go to the regions to ensure that there's regional information and youth programming. Otherwise, Radio-Canada managers will have no other choice but to resort to advertising in order to make ends meet. Advertising is done in the major centres. It is more profitable to do something in Montreal, which has a population pool of three or four million inhabitants, than to do it in the Atlantic, where there are 500,000 Acadians. It's mathematical. It will result in a little bureaucracy, but it's enough to have a clear mandate, and the managers will implement it.