Mr. Lafrance, Mr. Lalande and Ms. Leblanc, thank you for accepting our invitation to appear. I have one question for you, but I would like to make some brief comments first.
I am from the Quebec City area and, like my colleagues Mr. Murphy and Mr. Godin, it is my sense that you have made Radio-Canada more of a Montreal network. By way of explanation, I would like to address two points in particular.
First of all, you were incapable of covering a scandal that occurred in the Quebec City area. Indeed, a scandal involving prostitution lasted for some two years. But it was only when it was all over the news that Radio-Canada began covering it on radio and television. Yet the scandal lasted for two years.
I also want to say that there is one thing that irritates me about RDI. Some of your reporters only express one viewpoint. For example, if Joyce Napier is covering news out of Washington, her position is always anti-Bush. No other version of the facts is ever presented. If I want to hear another perspective, I have to listen to American stations. And if I switch to another channel and they're talking about Iraq, the bad guys are always the Americans. I never hear another perspective. That is starting to be really tiresome. You seem to think that we should accept your take on reality.
Quebec City has become a region. Mr. Murphy's and Mr. Godin's cities are in the same predicament. It's almost as though you want us to accept the ideas presented on your programs. I find it very irritating. I'm forced to listen to English stations in order to hear the other side of the story. I'd be interested in hearing your comments on that.