Again, there are a number of publicly funded organizations that are intended to be independent. Think of the Bank of Canada with regard to some of its decisions, or the competition commissioner's own decisions. The CBC has structures around it that are intended for this. The government looks to have a role on the board but is not able to interfere with regard to programming. That's very intentional.
There are ongoing discussions and reviews across the world regarding public broadcasters. The tendency has been to think about how to strengthen the independence of those public broadcasters.