Ms. St-Denis, I'm going to ask Patricia to give you an idea of the contribution the regions have made to the network, particularly as regards information, and the way we increasingly reflect the regions in our information. In fact, we are aware of that aspect of our mandate.
However, with all due respect, I was stung by your comments on our programming. When you say that our variety programs are mortally boring, obviously, I cannot accept a comment like that. Our televisual performance has never been better. The figures I am providing apply to our sweeping dramas, our public affairs programs during peak hours—we are the only broadcaster to do that on a large and targeted scale—our information programs and our variety programs. When we consider all of that I think that the people who watch CBC-Radio-Canada will tell you very clearly that we discharge our mandate very well. If we judge by our ratings and the relevance we have in their eyes, it's spectacular. It has never been as high. Let's keep that in mind.
I will now go back to information and the importance we give to official language minority communities as well as our mandate to represent them. I'm going to ask Patricia to complete my reply.