Ms. Carrier-Fraser, you spoke about TFO. I would like to congratulate Ontario francophones, because they have their own radio and television stations. We receive the TFO signal where we live, but the people from TFO do not come to Caraquet to find artists. It is true that Canada will be able to see on TFO what is happening in Ontario, and that's great. I often watch that channel and find it terrific to be able to see other francophones.
Our committee has existed for 25 years now, but we had never undertaken a national tour like this one. Our trip enabled us to learn that there were francophones in every region of the country. I knew this personally, but some people apparently did not. We met truly lively communities; it was interesting.
We do not have a network in New Brunswick or in British Columbia like TFO. There is no TVA and no French-television network. It is the CBC's responsibility.
I return yet again to the CBC. I have been picking on this organization since this morning. It's as if the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had given itself the mandate of telling everyone about where France is located and indeed every other country in the world, but not to show our own country. It doesn't want to show that there are francophones everywhere in Canada and the charming things we were able to see everywhere we went. I was amazed to see everything that francophones have done.
Mr. Bourbeau, you are being very polite towards the CBC, but it is not the work of TFO, TVA or TQS. Will the CBC help you? What should the government do to play a role in the region and help culture and the arts?