Thank you.
I just wanted to clarify a few things. One of the questions from my colleague referred to the $60 million that has been allotted for CBC every year. So since 2001, there has been a $60 million request, and it's gone to cover off....
Now, last year we had an extraordinary situation with the drop in revenues for all the broadcasters. There was a financial crisis. CBC was selling off assets and buildings to make up for the shortfall. Then they were also put under the parliamentary review of the department to find the cost savings. Our committee had recommended that those cost savings be put back into the public broadcaster.
I'm seeing here that the $13.8 million is “savings identified as part of cost containment measures to reduce the rate of growth in operating expenditures” announced in budget 2012.