Can you explain to me, then why you didn't ask them to cut out the French parts from the beginning? You knew that you didn't want the French parts to be broadcast on CBC television.
Why didn't you simply save money, since you weren't interested in showing the francophones in your show? Did you simply do this to save face and to give people the impression that perhaps they might have the opportunity to show their talent to the anglophones and the rest of Canada? Did you simply film everything to save face?
At least the francophones being filmed would have known clearly that they had no chance of breaking into the anglophone world. That's what we see.
That is the reality of many families in my riding where one parent is francophone and the other is anglophone. If one member of the family watches a show in French, the other does too. Another time, they might both watch an English show. Is it not exaggerating a little bit to say that your audience could change the channel? Your audience is also made up of families where one person is francophone and the other is anglophone. Furthermore, in some cases, anglophones want to learn more about this.
How do you expect this country's cultural diversity to be reflected if you start from the premise that anglophones will change their channel? Anglophones might be interested in watching prize-winning artists. These aren't new artists who just happen to be there. We are talking about the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Don't you think that anglophones would be interested in this, just as francophones are interested in learning about anglophone artists? Don't you think that Canadians, be they anglophones or francophones, might be interested in learning and knowing about something else, even if the CBC and you might be less open?