Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
In an internal memo dated May 11 and addressed to employees of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC president Perrin Beatty announced that the McKinsey firm would be asked to examine the operations of the CBC. The memo also announced that as part of its planning strategy, the CBC expected to cut a total of $350 million over three years, although the reports of the Canadian Heritage committee and the Juneau committee have not yet been released.
Could the minister confirm whether the $350 million mentioned in Mr. Beatty's memo is the same amount that was announced by his deputy minister, Mr. Rochon, to former president Manera before the last budget?