Mr. Speaker, 70 per cent of the workers at CBC are set to strike. They listen to the government when it says it is committed to stable multi-year funding for the CBC, but management knows better.
The Liberals do not keep their promises because in spite of their so-called commitment the government's 1996 budget and main estimates cut almost $400 million from CBC funding.
Will the minister admit the government has not kept its promise, is sowing discontent and confusion at the CBC bargaining table and has no long term plan for the CBC?