It's great to engage the minister, and it's great to have the government interested in listening, but ultimately it comes down to results and to action, and when you have laid off over 800 people.... Campaigns are going on across the country of people who are really passionate about this, from Newfoundland, which has lost half the radio production staff.... Sydney is losing a quarter to half its radio production staff; Saint John, New Brunswick, is losing half its radio production staff; in Windsor, their French language radio station is slated to close; in Sudbury, it's half of their radio production staff. In Thunder Bay, the planned cuts are going to create serious doubts about their ability to continue the local afternoon radio show. Thompson, in northern Manitoba, may be closing its CBC Radio North country station and eliminating their stations. Saskatchewan is closing their stations. There are literally many, many closures of stations. There is loss of over 800 jobs. From talking to people, I know my constituents and many other Canadian feel let down by the government because there haven't been the results that are needed.
Can you please provide us from your perspective--you've had a lot of meetings across the country; you've done detailed analysis--what you think Parliament, and in particular this committee, needs to recommend to the government to ensure you have a minister or a government that's not just engaged in listening but actually delivers results for the long term, so that we don't have you here before this committee in the next couple of years because no long-term planning was done? What recommendations would you provide this committee with?