Mr. Speaker, this week the president of the CBC announced a new look for English television news: a vision of times zones, not communities; a homogenized confederation. Is this the vision of Canada that the government wishes to portray through our most important cultural institution, or will the government actually start giving the whole $1 billion in funding to the CBC, like the Prime Minister suggests is taking place, which will allow the CBC to keep supper hour shows across Canada?
In the House of Commons on May 19th, 2000. See this statement in context.