Mr. Speaker, what I find rather deplorable about the hon. members across the way is that they are here today claiming that no cuts should be made to the CBC. On the other hand, on March 16 last year, the hon. member for Rimouski said the following about CBC cuts: "If any cuts are needed, there are big ones to be made at CBC". In response to the question by Michel Lacombe of RDI: "Concerning CBC headquarters, you are surely not recommending that headquarters be totally cut"? The hon. member responded: "Yes."
The hon. members across the way are claiming both that the cuts are not necessary and that the CBC headquarters needs to be done away with. There is a contradiction here.