As the situation is right now, we have the act. We also appear before the CRTC relatively regularly, and on a five or six-year review basis, on our actual licenses. They set the conditions of licence, some of which, unfortunately--especially on the French side in the last round--were unbelievably detailed, with x number of hours of variety, y number of hours of this, etc.
But the CRTC is the first to admit that they don't control our budget, and they don't have a say in what our budget is. They can come up with anything they want, make it a condition of licence, and either we're onside or we're offside, but the fact is, they can't help finance it.
The purpose of the contract is to have a combination of stable funding so that we know what we're doing, but it is a dialogue between we who supply the service and you who represent the people of Canada, about what you want from your public broadcaster. Then comes the question of what the government is willing to pay for.