I don't think anyone's fooled about that, Ms. Charette. We all understand that that would have a major impact on the cultural and information industries and the French-language services across Canada.
Having said that, I'd like to discuss the funding issue.
As you mentioned in your opening remarks, the public broadcaster's funding amounts to roughly $33 per Canadian per year. You pay more than that for Netflix, Spotify and a lot of other subscriptions. And yet you'd think that $33 a year scares a lot of people. You yourself said that the global average is around $85 or $88. Every citizen in Germany pays $100 or $150 a year. You don't hear the Germans complaining that they pay too much.
Furthermore, the situation isn't the same in Canada. Here the news has to be delivered in both official languages and several indigenous languages.
People often criticize the bonuses and the fact that CBC/Radio-Canada captures part of the advertising pie. Wouldn't the solution be to make sure the message gets through and to sharply increase CBC/Radio-Canada's annual budget on a cost-per-capita basis?