I was part of the CBC back then. I was in the legal department. I wasn't in the field or in local newsrooms, but I remember how tragic it was that we closed down so many operations in smaller markets to concentrate on one station per province.
This was done back then for reasons of financial constraints; there were cuts to our appropriation. I don't fault the administration of the day, but it is a constraint that has harmed our ability to serve adequately.
Now, instead of building stations, which would make no sense, we are creating bureaus. We are creating capacity for local reporting and multiplatform broadcasts so that we can get stories locally and then use digital, FAST channels or newsletters to publish those stories and reach the local market.