Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you to our witnesses for being here today.
Mr. Lacroix, in an earlier tour of duty on this committee when I was on it, you came before the committee when you first became president. I know you've done a lot of work since that time.
Welcome today, and thank you for that presentation. I think it was a good insight for us as a committee and for Canadians, to see what the CBC is doing.
I will say I was impressed with the chart that showed that most of your programming in the evening is in fact Canadian content. I think there may be a perception out there that it is not, so thank you for that chart.
Recently you ran John A: Birth of a Country. Far be it from me or anyone in the government to tell you what to put in your programming, but I thought it was an excellent program. I try to take my son to historical events and places in eastern Ontario on a regular basis. Recently we did a little tour in Kingston, and it is good to see the Sir John A. program bringing it to life and to see that in your programming.
However, it ended in 1864. I was left wanting much more. I for one—speaking for many Canadians, I'm sure—want to see more. I'm sure that might be on your potential programming for the future.
Thank you for being here today to talk about the five-year strategic plan you have put forward. Of course, it was developed with the assumption that CBC/Radio-Canada will have stable funding within the next five-year period. While government could potentially have a reduction, it would not really change the path of your new strategy, but it could force you to make some adjustments.
Can you give some examples of some adjustments that potentially you could make? You talked a little bit in your presentation about being financially flexible. Maybe you could address that for us, please.