Canadian Heritage committee  We were never given the precise date as to when there would be a mandate review, but I did have discussions with the minister, and the minister has said publicly that she would like to undertake a mandate review. There are two other reviews going on at the present time, and I suspect that she would like to have some of the information from those reviews, especially the section 15 review that she asked the CRTC to undertake--in other words, a definition of what's going on and what has happened and what can be anticipated from a technological point of view.

Canadian Heritage committee  We have not asked for supplementary estimates and Treasury Board studied that last week. For the sixth year in a row, we were granted 60 million dollars for programming with the private sector. We were given the same amount of money and the same increase of 60 million dollars, one year at a time.

Canadian Heritage committee  You've really thrown me a big fat football. It's hard to give you a comprehensive answer, but I think you began to hit on some of the most important elements of such a review. Personally, I believe that the review has to be comprehensive. One of the most difficult aspects of broadcasting is how elements interrelate, one with the other.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members of the committee, thank you for inviting us to appear before you. This is our first opportunity to meet with this committee. So I'm looking forward to having a real dialogue with you today. To help to do that we will be making only brief remarks, then we would like to hear your questions.