Minister, you know this is a yearly drama now—$60 million—and it's getting kind of old. In fact it's rather embarrassing. It could be turned into a reality show, frankly, and account for some Canadian content on the CBC, wouldn't you think? But it's demeaning, it's unfair, and it's wrong that they have to come to you, cap in hand, every single year. Will you commit to securing the $60 million for CBC as part of their annual programming costs?
On February 16th, 2011. See this statement in context.