Mr. Abbott, we are not seeking special privileges. We are not happy with the F. We're improving, and we will continue to improve, so the next time Madame Legault shows up here she doesn't have to have me on her left trying to explain why we have an F and she's not a happy camper. That's the first point. We are improving and we are completely aware of the mark she gave us.
In no way do we, however, with the $1.1 billion the government gives us to do things that no other commercial broadcaster can do.... And I've said this many times in front of all sorts of parliamentary committees: there is no single broadcaster that would do the things we do, because there's no economic model for them. You can't cover the north as we do and have an economic model.
So let's go back to the journalistic integrity of what we do and why the act has an exclusion. The act says that the information that is related to our journalistic programming or creative activities is excluded from ATIP. As the person responsible for this crown corporation to which the government contributes $1.1 billion a year, perhaps, Mr. Abbott, you would be the first one to say our job is to ensure that the responsibilities bestowed on us in that capacity are important, and that when we have rights under legislation we have the right to say that because this law excludes journalistic and programming creativities from the review of the commissioner we're entitled to so state.