In my previous incarnation--before I got into opera--I was a political science student at the University of Toronto who was specializing in cultural issues from time to time, writing pithy essays and what not, but I don't know if this will be pithy enough.
It seems to me that the CRTC does bear some responsibility, and that this committee not only has influence over what the CBC decides to do, but also how the CRTC decides to dole out its very precious licences. And it seems to me that if the government were to make public broadcasting of this sort and of this type--because we're all agreeing that it's very important to the national fabric of this country and the provinces--if they were to make that a priority, it seems to me that could be done, and the bandwidth could be found.
We just got the news last week that the licence for a Radio One station in Vancouver--on the FM dial--was finally approved. This is Radio One; of all channels, it's the one with the highest ratings and market share, and yet somehow the system was letting that down. So it seems to me that's an avenue that needs to be explored.