Thank you very much.
We are happy that you are here, Mr. Moore, now that the Olympic Games are over. I know that you are always willing to appear. I am sure we will have other questions to ask you.
We need to take stock of the Olympic Games. I was not there, but what I saw of the opening ceremony disappointed me tremendously. I heard a lot about it as folks called me to tell me that they were disappointed, and that it did not make any sense that francophones were not featured. I did hear however that things ran more or less smoothly on the ground. That there were good services provided, but that it was not perfect. There were complaints, some action, some people were dissatisfied. That also has to be acknowledged, you cannot turn a blind eye to it. They will have to make sure they go to even greater lengths next time.
Think about what took place in Quebec City over the weekend. I was there on Saturday for the Red Bull Crashed Ice. There were over 150,000 people, including a lot of anglophones from all around Canada. No one complained that they did not get good service. Services were provided in both languages and there was no problem. This was an international event that ran smoothly. Perhaps it can serve as an example.
Let's talk about our concerns regarding local media, community radio and everything at a community level. These folks have been fighting for years to get funding, and I know several of them in my riding. They are underfunded, they often lose their premises, they have had to be accommodated by community groups in order to keep up and running. And that is increasingly what we are seeing. I would like you to reassure us that these media, whether they be radio stations or newspapers, are going to survive, because they are extremely important to small communities. There is a lot of volunteerism, but if they do not have a small and yet solid base upon which they can count, they will simply disappear.