We have two sources of revenue that have been addressed throughout these hearings, and all the key players have said they deserve a chunk of it. Do you want to spend that money on more American programming or do you want to spend it on local programming? If you want to spend it on local programming, then start looking at different models. The different model is a community initiative. Canadian taxpayers don't want to have to pay for the same American programming that is available on just about every channel.
If CHCH disappears from Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara, we're not going to be missing American programming. We can get it on 10 other stations that come into that market, but we're not going to get our local news. So if you're going to start dishing out local funding that taxpayers are paying for, put it towards local stations.