Thank you, Madam Chair.
Minister, thank you for taking time out of your schedule, which I suspect is full of emotionally charged files these days. So I'm very grateful to you for being here, especially since you've come to talk about a subject that affects us, that worries us and that worries Quebeckers and Canadians everywhere, as you said earlier in your opening remarks. I think that about 80% of Canadians who were asked the question said they wanted a healthy and high-quality public broadcaster.
That said, I think you will agree that not everything is perfect, that not everything is rosy and that there are indeed criticisms that can be levelled at CBC/Radio-Canada and at Ms. Tait's management over the past few years. We can come back to that.
I agree with you that we must also start looking for solutions, first to ensure the survival of the public broadcaster, but also to ensure its future.
You've already talked about the impact of the threat the Conservatives are putting on Radio-Canada's French services by wanting to “defund” CBC. Let's go back to that.
In your opinion, how serious would the impact on francophone culture in Quebec and Canada be if only the budget currently allocated to Radio-Canada were cut?