First, that isn't what I said. Something has to be corrected.
First you talked about $45 million in cuts in arts and culture. That is entirely false. Look at the figures. They come from budgets you supported. It includes an increase in government funding for arts and culture. The $45 million you're talking about wasn't taken out of the arts. Those funds were transferred to other arts and culture projects, in particular a 20% increase in the budget of the Canada Council for the Arts. We also funded the Place de la Francophonie at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games. All of that money has been reinvested in arts and culture.
Second, you talked about the government's appointments. I find it somewhat interesting and frankly weak when you insinuate that our government is making partisan appointments. We're talking about the CBC. Mr. Gingras was appointed under the same process as in Mr. Pentefountas's case. It was the same day and Mr. Gingras was a Liberal Party of Canada candidate in your city, Montreal.