There are a few things there.
One, again, is that we're opposed to government-funded media, period.
Two, when it comes to ratings, I found it really interesting that Ms. Tait and others at the CBC don't want to give us their subscriber numbers—not names or anything like that, because that would be crazy, but their Gem subscriber numbers. It's one of those things where the conversation goes:
“Okay. Nearly nobody's watching you on TV.”
“Oh, trust us. We're picking it up with Gem.”
“Okay. How many people do you have on Gem?”
“I'm sorry. I can't tell you that.”