The Télé Inter-Rives representatives did not come to my office to tell me that the funds were insufficient. They came to tell us that they were very happy to have access to the fund in question.
I think that what they meant when they spoke to you was that the public funds allocated to support local news production only represent part of the funding. There are also many challenges around advertising revenue and the search for other forms of revenue in order to provide good local news service to the population.
With this fund, the CRTC will provide assistance that will be useful to local stations and will, we believe, allow jobs to be maintained. However, the stations have to work feverishly to continue to generate the bulk of their revenue, which comes from advertising. They cannot let up. They have to continue to develop. They have to continue to provide good service to the local market.
Télé Inter-Rives is already doing that. I know the family that manages that enterprise and I am certain it will do everything in its power to not close its stations and to pass the torch to the next generation of the family.