Also, I would like to explain what would happen to our programming if we accepted the offers that are on the table. The arithmetic is rather strange. We are being asked to exclude Quebec. There are one million Francophones outside Quebec. They have access to all of Radio-Canada's programming, including all the very popular series, such as Providence, Tout sur moi, Les Parent, Tout le monde en parle and the Radio-Canada newscasts. All of that is broadcast to Francophones throughout the country. They are telling us that one million Francophones, who now have access to this programming will have to go without because 12,000 people don't have either cable or satellite. If we were to conduct a survey and ask all the Francophones outside Quebec if they prefer to no longer have access to the programs available through public broadcasters, because 12,000 people don't have access to TQS on cable or satellite… That calculation makes absolutely no sense.
On May 14th, 2009. See this statement in context.