I do not wish to intervene in a war between the Conservative party and the Liberal party, but I am trying to see in what way such a matter might fall under the mandate of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. I do not see how Mr. Del Mastro's motion could fit into our committee's mandate, nor that of any other committee, as a matter of fact.
Let us talk only of our committee. The CBC is a Crown corporation and let us not interfere in its affairs, especially with regard to content. We see that it is particularly useful in a case such as this one. Commentators are entitled to make whatever comments they wish, even if they are paid. The Bloc québécois is sometimes attacked on CBC television, but we respect the commentators. We are often in disagreement, we find that they go too far, but we keep these criticisms to ourselves because overall the Crown corporation does a good job. In any event, we are not supposed to interfere in this type of issue. As a matter of fact, if we did, Don Cherry would have lost his job a long time ago.