It would be devastating. We are the only national media service in the country. It would pose questions of national security. We operate 720 transmission towers across 520 sites. It's the largest network in the country.
Defunding the CBC—if it was only CBC—would mean laying off 3,500 employees. It would mean no local news. CBC and Radio-Canada are co-located in 15 stations across the country. It would mean that those services, especially to French-language minority communities, would be highly compromised, and let's talk—