I'd say that for community radio stations, that is absolutely critical. In a context where money from fundraising and advertising is dropping year over year, obtaining base funding becomes critical. Many of our radio stations are in dire straights. In Iqaluit and Rivière-la-Paix, employees were lent by the newspaper or the Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta. And yet they are not much better off, which means that, at some point, the situation is going to become extremely difficult. At one point, we even thought that we could lose the station in Iqaluit. In the last few years, that was also the case for other stations. So, having base funding is critical, at least for us.
On November 1st, 2011. See this statement in context.