So there are no guarantees for you.
I suppose that's what led you to say: "We believe satellite carriage of these local stations should be guaranteed."
As you know, my colleague recently submitted a brief to the CRTC, in which she recalled that Radio-Canada's regional programming is imposed on it by the act. It isn't up to you; you're compelled to do it.
That's why the Bloc made this recommendation, which I'll quickly read:
The Bloc Québécois recommends that DBS licences be conditional on the inclusion, in their basic service, of an obligation to distribute the geographically closest affiliated stations.
If this kind of thing were adopted by the CRTC and it could implement it—that's another subject—would that satisfy you?