Unfortunately, for most of our members, the CBC is pretty much the only game in town for doing drama.
Development is where our members live. I have made a living writing scripts that don't get made, but that's the process: we're the R and D of the industry. Of the major networks and the small specialty channels, the CBC is the volume buyer of that development. The other networks, because they just don't have the broadcast time—they're too busy showing CSI and other shows—don't have room for Canadian drama.
Without the CBC being the prime mover in developing and then hopefully producing drama.... It's not happening anywhere else anyway; that's why we want increased funding for CBC.