Mr. Speaker, it is time to clear the air on the CBC issue.
On Tuesday the Minister of Canadian Heritage stated that the president of the CBC resigned for personal reasons, but last night Mr. Manera directly contradicted the minister. He resigned not for personal reasons but because the minister has secret and specific plans for cuts to the CBC over the next three years.
Given that the budget is a three-year document and given that we have a copy of the minister's plans precipitating the president's resignation, how can the minister justify not coming clean with Canadians about his plans regarding the CBC?