Let's talk about the consequences of cuts. I think there was a lot of feigned outrage about the possibility of steps that you might take. I think there was some concern about what that might look like.
I think the bigger question is.... We've heard from members opposite their desire to basically put a “for sale” sign on the CBC, gut it and turn the offices into God knows what. Sell the CBC. Get rid of it. Gut it. We've heard all kinds of different expressions, yet, they say something else to people in Quebec. They say, “Oh no, we're going to save Radio-Canada, but we're going to gut the CBC.”
Realistically, can you talk a bit about the intertwining of those operations, particularly in places like my hometown of Vancouver, where Radio-Canada and the CBC work from the same offices and many of the reporters and camerapeople do double duty? Walk us through that.
How ridiculous is this assertion that you could completely gut and destroy the CBC, but somehow save Radio-Canada?