Allow me to make an aside.
If Radio-Canada's production services—in this case French-language services—were cut, that alone would have a very significant impact on the entire television industry in Quebec. As you said a little earlier, Radio-Canada plays a huge role, but it also has an impact on the entire ecosystem. A healthy ecosystem must also include Radio-Canada's presence as a producer, broadcaster and content generator.
I also want to talk about the costs involved. We discussed this with Ms. Tait when she last appeared before this committee. The Conservatives paint these costs as excessive or prohibitive. I, too, question the relevance of performance bonuses. I think it's a formula that needs to be reviewed, but that's another topic. The fact remains that the Conservative discourse promotes the message that it costs us a fortune to run a quality public broadcaster.
Obviously, there are different challenges here, in Quebec and in Canada. The territory to be covered is huge, and that comes at a cost. Despite everything, it costs approximately $33 per capita per year to have the CBC and Radio-Canada, which provide services in each of the two official languages, respectively, in addition to covering certain indigenous languages. By comparison, do you have an idea of what the costs are in other countries, Minister?
In addition, do you have an idea of what Quebeckers and Canadians would be prepared to pay to have a public broadcaster with no subscription fees for various services or without the advertising we see on just about every program and platform? Do you think Canadians would be willing to pay a little more than the small amount of $33 or $34 a year they currently pay, so that the public broadcaster would pay its employees out of government revenue, so out of its public revenue, rather than having to offer performance bonuses to try to attract people with competitive wages?
What do you think about the option of increasing not the burden—as $33 isn't really a burden—but the annual cost per capita?