Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate the testimony from all the witnesses today.
I'm going to perhaps follow up on some of the testimony that was delivered a little earlier in relation to Madam Lavallée's line of questioning.
Madam Lareau, as far as I remember from the testimony you delivered in response to Madam Lavallée's question of whether your membership had the sense that the current Conservative government had it in for the CBC, you indicated in the positive, as did Madam Larouche as well.
In relation to that--my question is for you and for other members of the panel--does your organization have a mandate to express a partisan sentiment on topics such as that, and do you take official positions? I don't really know. I'm not sure of the mandate of your organization. Perhaps you do take official party positions relative to public policy items. And if that's the case, so be it. I guess you would be fulfilling your mandate. But in the event that you don't, do you see that comment as being outside of your mandate in relation to communicating in the public on these matters?