It would certainly be a step in the right direction, if we could count on the revenue to be able to do the job. Most organizations had to cut positions and reduce their hours. Take the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada. The shows are largely pre-recorded. We then are able to produce a small block of local content with the help of the means at our disposal. It is important to have this local flavour we are looking for. We cannot provide only a lot of music content. As long as it's francophone music, it's great, but then there's little room for news and public affairs. However, those are important. As we mentioned, when people are aware of activities and informed about politics and their rights, the communities are affected.
I have been working for the Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario for 15 months and I have given almost 300 interviews in that time. This means that the people in the community and all sorts of media are following us. They want to know what is happening and they want to communicate with other people in their community. In so doing, the community is much more involved.
Earlier, we talked about our media disappearing. If our media disappear, how will the communities be able to develop, grow and follow political news that concern them?