When the fund was established, the commission determined a number of criteria. It asked the Canadian Association of Broadcasters to review those criteria and to suggest others, which it did not do. It also asked the association to suggest operating mechanisms. The CAB forwarded its report to us in mid-February, and it will be part of the discussions at the April 27 hearing. The report essentially proposes that an independent fund be established with its own board of directors. Funding distribution would be managed by an independent administrator.
In its initial decision, the commission had already stated that it expected one-third of funding to go to French-language television. That's one of the criteria we established, which moreover was not challenged by anyone.
Out of a fund of $60 million, as mentioned a little earlier, $20 million will go to support local programming in the francophone market, which, with the exception of a few Radio-Canada stations, is essentially in Quebec.