I didn't attack anyone, Minister, I assure you. I simply recalled what was said here, at the Canadian Heritage Committee. In other words, I'm not criticizing him, I'm recalling that Mr. Del Mastro said, in a way, that he wanted to privatize the CBC. Even in the House, I have heard people say they're afraid the CBC will be shut down, and the Conservatives rose as a block to applaud. There was the recent comment by Mr. Kenney and there have been a number of others. I could list all the things the Conservatives have said against the CBC.
In addition, in the preamble to your presentation, you say you are friends of the CBC, that it is going well and you have delivered the steady and predictable funding that Canadians have asked for. You may have delivered what Canadians asked for, but you have not delivered what "Radio-Canadiens" asked for. In fact, Mr. Lacroix, who was here, is asking specifically for that steady and predictable funding. Among other things, he is asking for the famous $60 million to be part of his budget from now on, so he can stop begging for it every year and waiting anxiously for it.
Are you prepared to make an agreement with the CBC for more than two years? At present it's two years, but can you make a longer agreement, like other countries do, say five or six years, so the CBC can know exactly where it stands for the next five years, for example?