It's an interesting question, inasmuch as our case for Radio-Canada and maintaining its funding in our brief is essentially based on the notion of access and the essential nature of access for Franco-Canadian communities. When I say “access”, first of all, intuitively we think of hearing French on the radio, which is a difficult thing to do in northern Alberta or in B.C., etc. But there's another layer of access more akin to what you're bringing up, which is the notion of a local radio station in Sudbury or Moncton that has an economic impact and a footprint in the community that goes well beyond what's heard on the radio. It goes into jobs that are created at the local level and to people who are leaders in their cultural community.
I believe there are 15 stations in francophone communities across the country, and each of them has a particularly deep tie with the community, at a local level. So I'd say very much so.