Thank you.
First of all, I would like to thank you for accepting the invitation to meet with us. Clearly, all the issues regulated by the CRTC are on everyone's lips these days. You must have been really busy in your first 100 days, certainly busier than the chairs appointed at the CRTC in previous years.
The mandate is very broad. Technology has changed a lot. It is safe to assume that, if you had been appointed 10 years ago, you would have had to deal with completely different issues. So I would like to go back to the second paragraph in your brief, where you describe the needs of Canadians.
We have seen a trend towards decentralization in terms of access to media, entertainment, news and anything that is broadcast over the air. Today, we see more media concentration. As a result, when you say that you want to ensure that all activities reflect Canada's rich regional, ethnocultural and linguistic diversity, I cannot help but think immediately about the Local Programming Improvement Fund, which, shockingly, was eliminated.
If memory serves, Commissioner Poirier, did not understand how we could hope that stations would invest in local programming without having any advertising revenue.
In your view, how can we expect local broadcasters to reinvest in local production, given that this program was cut?