Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would like to thank you for coming to meet with us. You help to promote linguistic duality, which is one of the objectives of our committee.
You spoke about social economy. Community radios are also a vital tool for regional development. It's important. In my riding, we have Radio Bellechasse.
You recommended solutions and we examined them. You spoke about the percentage of funding that must be dedicated to minority-language community radios. You want to make this document binding, but I pointed out that it does not mention percentages. You are also recommending short-circuiting the entire process by suggesting that a distinct 500,000 dollar amount be set aside directly for you. That is what this is about, I believe.
You also drew attention to other aspects that were raised by various people. Sylvie asked a question about a fund for all community radio stations. That is one possible solution, but it goes a bit beyond the mandate of our committee. Other committees will be able to examine it further.
To summarize, by making this document binding, you will have more control over the budgets of departmental bodies.