Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everyone.
My first question is for Ms. Mulaire.
I have read the five things you discovered about the usefulness of French. I am particularly interested in your fifth point. You talked about the need to support the francophonie in all areas: culture, education, health and the media. Under media, you mentioned the newspaper La Liberté and Radio-Canada.
You must know that CBC/Radio-Canada has been experiencing cuts since 2012. French services specifically are absorbing half of all the cuts in full-time positions at the crown corporation. However, the francophones in Canada do not represent half of the population.
In your view, what impact will these cuts have on your community? How can we reconcile the promotion of the Canadian francophonie with the cuts to the lifeblood of Canadian information suffered by the Radio-Canada French network?