Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Gentlemen, it's a pleasure to meet you. As was said when the microphone was off, I've always enjoyed your basketball analyses. As a former minister of sport, however, I would say I'm not sure there are 365 days of sport a year, at either CBC or Radio-Canada. We could talk about La Soirée du hockey. Let me tell you that it will take more than Passion sports and La zone.
The financial management of the CBC is completely different from that of Radio-Canada. If I can be allowed one brief comment, I would ask you to invest more in amateur sport. That doesn't necessarily mean bringing back the program Les Héros du samedi, but you have to take advantage of the fact that you'll have the Olympic Games. I thank you for the work you've done with regard to China, particularly when an attempt was made to censor the site.
I'm going to talk to you about governance. I completely disagree with you when you say this is one company; CBC/Radio-Canada isn't one company. It's an institution whose mandate is to bring peoples together. You are a window on what Canada should represent and you should pay attention to the words that are used. There must be more transparency and respect and you must ensure that the attitude is one of bringing people together and not contemptuous, like the one we sensed in the Claude Dubois affair.
I'd like to talk to you about respect. It seems that your employees have a problem with absenteeism, deep depression and drug use, as a result of which workshops have to be given on respect, which will cost nearly $1 million.
How much does the federal government subsidy amount to? Why do Radio-Canada employees need a workshop on respect? I suppose CBC employees will need one as well.