We are aware, as all Canadians are, that there's an economic downturn right now, so this business climate is unique. It will pass; broadcasters will come back, the economy will come back, and away we go. Right now we're in a moment unique in our history. It's not a matter of being onerous.
First of all, very few broadcasters have local programming and local news as a condition of licence. They make promises and commitments that cannot be enforced. There's no penalty; they just make these. When CTV was looking at the last round for the Citytv stations, it brought up broadcasters. I'm sure many of you were in Parliament when they had all their anchors in Parliament to greet everybody. How wonderful local news was! Three cheers! What happened after that? They're closing stations and they're reducing local news.
Come on, which is it? They'll say one thing at the time of trying to get the licences and try to woo you when it seems necessary, but once they have the licence, those commitments end up being abandoned.