The burnout has already started. Right now, this burnout is being experienced in the western part of the country in particular, but it is slowly moving east. Yes, we will reach a point where we will no longer have any volunteers for radio. In the communities, it is often the same individuals who sit on the boards for a variety of organizations and who do the volunteer work for many groups. At one point, they are being pulled in all directions and they are unable to give their time to the community radio stations. The government must pay close attention to the funding of our radio.
You mentioned New Brunswick, where we have some of our most successful radio stations. Our two most successful radio stations are located in New Brunswick. However, for most New Brunswick radio stations, we are talking about a double-minority situation. When I say double minority, that means that they are in a minority within a minority situation. These people find it difficult to make ends meet financially. Take, for example, the case of CJPN, in Fredericton, with scarcely one employee who has to move heaven and earth in order to make ends meet at the end of the month. This is no easy task. We have the same situation in Saint John, where the station has also gone through a few problems. We need at least one resource per radio and we need one permanent employee to look after operations.