What they seem to be telling us is that they prefer the good old days, when the CBC produced virtually all its programming in house, in Toronto, Saskatoon or elsewhere. For the writers and actors living in the regions especially, it was more profitable than the present system, under which the CBC commissions independent productions. There's less job security, if you will. Even though those people didn't work for the CBC, they were on contract, for all intents and purposes.
On May 25th, 2007. See this statement in context.