The minister had also stated in the House that even if the government had provided CBC with bridge financing there still would have been a substantial amount of job losses, to the effect of 800. If the government had provided CBC with bridge financing, would you be in the dire situation that you've described today and that we've heard about from CBC employees across the country? Would jobs have been lost or would bridge financing have helped to save the CBC?
On April 27th, 2009. See this statement in context.