Thank you, Madam Chair.
And good morning to our witnesses.
As I've listened to the weeks of testimony from the various witnesses, it strikes me that on the face of the access requests, the true picture of this really revolves around transparency on financial disclosure. We had one witness, for example, who said there are multiple fiefdoms and empires within CBC and that no good manager at the top of the ladder would be able to really get control or an understanding of what goes on within those areas and manage their dollars.
So when I look at the $1.16 billion and the increases in funding that have come forward in the last five years annually, to Mr. Morrison's comments earlier about five-year stable funding, it strikes me that this government has been very solid in providing stable, consistent financing: however it's come, it's been there.
So for our taxpayers, as we're elected officials, I feel my job is to ensure that the people I'm working with and have access to should be prepared to disclose the transparency on the financial management and accountability of what they are doing. So this issue, to me, would be settled very quickly if we could get to that point and specifically if we refer to section 68.1.
Section 68.1 talks about journalistic programming and creative activities. Mr. Morrison, you mentioned you don't take Quebecor and, I presume, Mr. Péladeau seriously, but he was here the other day and he said he fully endorses the support of those particular values.
This is about other issues, and, specifically, my question to each of you would be about internal documents on travel, meals, and hospitality. How do those affect those three core values, and if those were released—as Mr. Péladeau said, that's all he's requested—would this issue not be resolved and begin to unload the hidden content that we're all so concerned about?
Mr. Morrison.