Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present over 1,300 signatures from constituents in my riding of Sudbury. This petition outlines our concern with the permanent job losses and the sale of capital assets and how these will affect CBC programming in rural areas, specifically northern Ontario and my riding of Sudbury.
Sudbury has a long history with the CBC, as CKSO was the CBC's first privately owned affiliate TV station. This happened back in 1953. Therefore, the undersigned would like to see the Minister of Canadian Heritage do what is necessary to protect this vital public institution.