I wanted to compliment you, because there were a lot of really thought-provoking elements in this. We had an excellent presentation from the CRTC. The overall message was “don't worry, be happy”, and I left whistling the tune. The more I walked away, the more disturbed I got. I think that sometimes happens.
What disturbed me was the sense that there will be a hodgepodge. We're going to have Shaw doing this and CBC doing that. My concern, from a practical point of view, is that if you suddenly don't have your television, how do you call CTV? You don't. Who do you call? You call us. Beyond a national education campaign, I think we need a member of Parliament education campaign, because people are going to be calling, and they're going to be mad as hell. This happens to me every time our CBC signal goes out and people don't get the Montreal Canadiens. They call me.
They can't call CBC. They can't call Shaw. They're going to call us and ask what's going on, and we're going to have no idea. We're going to say that they told us that there was a box plan, and then there was another plan. Why is it that we don't have a coherent explanation and a national strategy for the hodgepodge that's going to be out there, so that people are at least aware of what's coming?