What can I say, Mr. Speaker? What he just said is astounding.
Thankfully, according to my colleague, all is not lost, and I have to admit that what he said took me by surprise:
Even the French TV could be saved. Oh, my God—“even”.
That is just amazing. As for CBC television? Well, I watch on occasion when I have time, and I think the Canadian news programs are exceptionally good.
I do not know if my colleague watches more of the entertainment programming—that would be hard—but that is not the point. What the government is doing is cutting funding and then saying that it does not like the product.
The federal government's role here is to provide adequate funding for the CBC. That is its job, not to say that it likes this particular show, but not that one because it is from the United States. No. Adequate funding. That is all.