Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member is quite aware, in many areas of northern Ontario the CBC is the only radio station and TV station available. Eight people in the Sudbury station are being permanently laid off. That is half of the people in that station.
My office has received hundreds of emails and phone calls about these cutbacks in Sudbury, which affects all of northern Ontario.
Does the hon. member think it would be prudent to permit the public broadcaster to save some money in good times?