Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
The minister will announce today the appointment of a committee chaired by a friend of the government, Mr. Pierre Juneau, whose task will be to examine the operations of the CBC, the National Film Board and Telefilm Canada. Now, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage should table its report on the CBC by the end of this month.
How can the Minister of Canadian Heritage rationalize the appointment of a special committee chaired by a friend of the government when a committee of the House of Commons is preparing a report on CBC operations?