He is saying “non-interference”, but what he often says as well is that in some instances they will regulate when they need to. And it is our view that this is an instance when regulation is necessary. And the form of regulation is these 9(1)(h) orders to ensure that smaller stations have a place on the dial, so that we can continue to provide our programming, and so that Canadians have access to our programming and our stories.
Without those orders, we are left to negotiate with these monolithic organizations for our place on the dial, for the amount of money they're going to pay us for our subscribers. Because the balance of power is so uneven, they'll be able to keep more of the revenue for themselves, which means less money for us to support Canadian programming. So it's this heavy market imbalance that we're urging you to take a look at and to correct, so that we can have access to Canadians and Canadians can have access to us.