The requests made by the conventional TV broadcasters and by the major producer-broadcaster conglomerates are always to reduce or eliminate regulations. From what we understand of the current model, of our system, there is a Broadcasting Act, which was developed by elected officials, parliamentarians. That act is administered by a regulatory agency, which is the CRTC. It establishes the regulations that enable it to meet the objectives of the act. Television funding is done by parapublic organizations that redistribute taxpayers' money, which is collected in the form of taxes for the production of Canadian works, including the diversity of voices and priority programs.
We can see that some lobby groups have done their job. The transformation of the Canadian Television Fund—opening the door for producers and broadcasters to gain access to it—is no doubt the result of a lobbying effort. Let's go back further: they're calling for a change to regulations in order to support the rules. I'm afraid our system is coming undone from the bottom up. Eventually, someone will say that we no longer need the Broadcasting Act in Canada. All that starts from the bottom up.