Okay. I'm going to have to cut a quote from the late Dalton Camp.
Getting out of the broadcasting business sounds a lot like killing CBC Radio, CBC Television, CBC News Network, cbc.ca, and their French language counterparts. This disturbing comment was coming from the mouth of a parliamentary secretary who has a seat at the table beside the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
We also noted that twice in question period Minister Moore was invited to dissociate himself from Mr. Del Mastro's comments and he failed to do so.
As you know, last month.... I'll forget about Jason Kenney saying what he said.
Eighty years ago, a Conservative Prime Minister introduced public broadcasting to Canada. I would like to conclude by quoting another prominent Conservative, the late Dalton Camp:
Owning one national communication facility, such as the CBC, which owes nothing to Mitsubishi or General Dynamics or Krupp, is surely worth keeping. What we know about the CBC, in a world in which economics is power and so much power is out of our hands, is that the CBC would never wilfully betray our national interest or sell off our Canadian heritage. And we are its only shareholders.
When you hear people talk about reducing the role of the CBC, or selling off its assets, look closely at who's talking—it won't be a voice speaking for the people of Canada, but for the shareholders of another kind of corporation.
Merci, monsieur le président.