Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Gratton, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Creighton, it is once more a pleasure to meet you again. You learn a lot when you go to the Banff World Television Festival. You can take the pulse of everything that is going on, so, as a result, we have news about the future of the Canadian Television Fund.
We Liberals are a little concerned, as you are, to see two different bodies. It seems to us to be a ghettoization of the airwaves. On one side, we have the private sector and on the other side, we have the public sector.
One of the reasons you are here today is that there is a valid motion from the Bloc Québécois on the future of funding to CBC/Radio-Canada from the Canadian Television Fund. I have to say that I share your view on the future and on the nuts and bolts of the fund itself. But I think that we should discuss a few points.
What do you understand by historical access? I agree to guaranteeing CBC/Radio-Canada's 37%. But when you say historical access, does that mean a percentage of the entire envelope, or does it mean exactly the same amount as before with indexing covering the shortfall which Heritage Canada would look after? Is that what you understand, Mr. Cardin?