Through you, Madam Chair, you ask a very good question, Mr. Julian. If you'll indulge me, right now, the government gives $1.4 billion to the CBC/Radio-Canada. For radio alone, it gives more than $450 million. We, through community radio, receive not one cent of operational dollar support for this incredible network of stations and for the work that we do.
There are a number of mechanisms that I mentioned in my opening statement and I'm more than happy to go through a variety of other mechanisms.
We need support. We need support to ensure that our stations can continue to operate, continue to do incredible work they have been doing so far, and continue to expand their capacity to make sure there is more local news, more coverage, more talk radio and more connection with the community. That is something that all Canadians are desirous of.
I'll leave it there. Thank you Dr. Fry and Mr. Julian.