Personally, I am a friend of CBC/Radio-Canada, as are all members of the committee. But I do not want the future direction to be determined like an à la carte menu.
If we look at what the CRTC is recommending, we are almost asking other television broadcasters to choose which family they want to be part of. Vision TV and TV5 must decide if they want to be public or private. But there is a problem with APTN, the aboriginal channel. We could say that, when it is broadcasting in English or French, it should be on the private side. But when it is promoting aboriginal languages, it should be on the public side.
Do you not think that there could be a danger in separating public from private in this way, and having two separate boards? If we guarantee historical access to CBC/Radio-Canada, the losers will be the education broadcasters and anyone else who could seen as public television, unless the government decides to give them an equivalent amount to prevent any losses.