Thank you for your comments. You may be surprised to hear about one aspect of CBC funding. As I told Mr. Lebel earlier, we did not take this decision for financial reasons, but at the end of the day we have very difficult financial challenges to deal with. It is true that English-language television is a public broadcaster, but over the course of this fiscal year, 55% of our budget will be coming from the private sector. So, in a way, we are as private as we are public. The pressure is on. I am not simply stating this to defend our decision on the show: it is reality.
On April 15th, 2008. See this statement in context.