There are many different things to be considered. It is important to understand how things work on television. This is the prime TV broadcasting season. Major Canadian dramas series are ready, and we have newscasts and major variety programs as well. Everything is ready. We will have to pay for them because, in any case, they have already been developed. For two weeks, we would have to stop broadcasting our cultural and news programs, simply because TQS does not have a transmitter outside Quebec. In other words, because 12,000 people outside Quebec would not be able to receive their programming, we would have to put everything on hold at CBC/Radio-Canada for two weeks. We would give those two weeks to TQS, which would pocket all the revenues.
On May 14th, 2009. See this statement in context.