Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
We now know that the minister, who had announced himself, with great fanfare, Mr. Manera's appointment at the helm of the CBC last year, was not even consulted by the Prime Minister before the appointment of the new president of the CBC, Perrin Beatty, was announced.
In light of the fact that he was totally excluded by the Prime Minister from the decision-making process regarding the appointment of Perrin Beatty as the new president of the CBC, will the Minister of Canadian Heritage acknowledge that this was a sign that the Prime Minister and the federal Cabinet have lost confidence in him?