Mr. Lacroix, two reporters' positions were eliminated in Moncton, in the Atlantic region. There are two RDI journalists in Moncton and you are eliminating one of them. That represents half. For us, eliminating one reporter's position at RDI means that we have lost 50% of the staff. Your mandate is to produce news, but what kind of news?
Moncton is two and a half hours from Bathurst. If an RDI reporter goes off to Saint John, forget it, there will be no news.
What is CBC's mandate? It has a mandate on paper, but, in reality, you cannot fulfill it.
You are not going to get me to believe today that CBC can fulfill its mandate seriously and honestly by making unacceptable cuts. CBC's mandate, Mr. Lacroix, is to serve Canadians all over the country and in minority areas, whether that is in Edmonton, Alberta or Prince George, British Columbia. These cuts are going to affect many more people that we are being led to believe.