First of all, I am making the commitment today, in front of you, to never develop any strategy when I'm sitting alone in my office. I have worked too closely with regional resources within Radio-Canada, and for too long--25 years--to not appreciate and understand the value there. We began our development and strategic efforts last week. Sylvain called a meeting of the French Services Board. This was a gathering of some 180 executives from Radio-Canada, from both radio and television. We devoted an entire session to listening to regional concerns and issues. We gave all our regional managers, who were there together in Montreal, an opportunity to say their piece. Now that this first step has been completed, I feel richer in a number of ways. Later, I will continue that discussion, in each of the regions.
On June 22nd, 2006. See this statement in context.