You talked about radio. Of course, the golden age of radio, when there were serial dramas on the radio, is over. I don't believe it will be back soon, unless we want to have nostalgia radio. So I think that radio is no longer the most appropriate medium for writers or for stories to tell.
However, Radio-Canada's French-language radio has been an enormous success for a number of years, first because the content is important and people who take part in it are of high calibre from an intellectual standpoint, and second because there is no advertising. You have to realize that advertising is a monstrous irritant on television and radio. We're forced to live with it, since our system has been modelled somewhat on that of the Americans, but if we had modelled it on the BBC, we might be better off today. But that's the way it is. So one of the major arguments of French-language radio, at least here, is that, when there is no advertising for 60 minutes, there is 60 minutes of content, which is wonderful.
With regard to news on the economy, culture and the life of the Quebec community as a whole, radio is extremely prominent and listened to. Radio-Canada's morning program C'est bien meilleur le matin was number one in the ratings a few months ago. Last year, it was second or third. So it's extremely dynamic radio.
However, I don't think we can go back to dramas. At SARTEC, contracts received for dramatic works on radio don't even amount to $100,000 a year. In my opinion, it has disappeared, and I don't see how it will come back.