Thank you.
Ms. Tait, thank you for giving us your time today. We appreciate it.
In your opening remarks, you outlined some challenges that the CBC faces. I should also outline, though, that every other media outlet in this country doesn't start off with $1.4 billion in taxpayers' dollars at the start of the year, so while you might look to play a card there, in terms of “poor me”, let's start off with a fact. Compared to other outlets in this country that are conducting themselves to perform at a higher standard than the CBC in many ways, they're not starting off with that. That's an important point that needs to be acknowledged right off the bat.
Ms. Tait, we're here to talk about job cuts and bonuses—you prefer to call them performance awards—and this is my first question for you. You've had two months to think on it. During an interview on national news, in fact, CBC's The National, you were asked whether or not bonuses would be considered for executives, and you said that it wasn't ruled out, essentially. Having had two months to think about it, have you come to a conclusion? Will there be bonuses for the executives within CBC?