Mr. Minister, community radio stations are organizations with two or three people; often, they do not have even one full-time employee. These people have been asking to meet with you since 2008. It is 2010 now, so that is a year and a half. I am not just referring to ARC du Canada here in Ottawa, but also to community radio stations across the country.
There are three of them in my riding. We could give you figures on the total number of radio stations across the country. I am not talking about a mega-organization, but about an organization that represents these small community radio stations that, in many cases, do not have even one full-time employee. A year and a half ago, these people asked to meet with you so that they could discuss their plans. But this meeting has not yet taken place. They have just received an acknowledgement of receipt of their second letter. It is simply unacceptable.