That's a very good question, Mr. Housefather, but I don't have an answer. In fact, I don't understand what the official opposition is trying to do.
As I mentioned earlier, CBC/Radio-Canada is an institution. The funds that are allocated go to the entire institution. There's a president, a board of directors, a senior management team. It has shared offices across the country. Very often, the same journalist will ask me a question in French and say:
“Can you repeat the same thing in English, please?”, or she'll maybe ask a different question in English, but that is the same person, so what do you do with that person? Do you pay that person only when she's asking questions in French and not in English?
When you cross the street to do an interview at CBC/Radio‑Canada, the security guards at the entrance are the same. The infrastructure and editing studios are the same. I don't understand what the opposition is trying to do.
That's the first thing, Mr. Housefather. You're going to understand what I'm going to say very well.
A fundamental right is being taken away from the English-speaking minority in Quebec. CBC/Radio‑Canada is there for French-speaking minorities outside Quebec. What the opposition is saying today is that we don't care about the English-speaking minority in Quebec and that they're going to take away access to news in their language from our public network, CBC/Radio‑Canada.