Canadian Heritage committee  We'll be happy to come back.

Canadian Heritage committee  So $60 million was the investment that we made in order to deliver and to put up 27 digital transmitters and the infrastructure that went with that. We still have 627 or 628 analog transmitters. They're still running. That's our commitment to deliver those services. That's the impact and the way we use it.

Canadian Heritage committee  Christine just wrote down “Stay tuned”. Yes, it's about partnerships. It's about expanding the scope of the resources we have in partnering with people on the ground. It's about communities, and we're very aware that in some areas that's what we're going to do. That's why we're experimenting.

Canadian Heritage committee  A lot of it, sir, starts and ends with rights sometimes. It's not all our material, and when we make it accessible to other players, then it's a question of cost. It's not our cost. It's the cost of the people who contributed to the content. We're aware of how important those archives are.

Canadian Heritage committee  You're right with those numbers if you only look at those particular numbers on that night, if you don't take into account what we do on the web and the podcast and the rest. Frankly, that's the key. CBC News Network, sir, if you look at those numbers and you compare them to CTV news networks or anybody else, we're so much more relevant, sometimes it's three, four, and five to one.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, no, in our favour, with respect to CBC News Network.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, we're not.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, that's it. Normally we are the first to broadcast such things on television either on Radio-Canada or CBC. That matter is raised during negotiations when we make the initial investment.

Canadian Heritage committee  We will first of all broadcast the feature film during peak hours and then we will see what happens.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm disappointed that is your opinion about CBC's The National, but I respect your opinion. It's not the first time I've heard that opinion about diversity of voices. That's why it's been, again, at the forefront of my priorities and the priorities of the person responsible for our French network and the person responsible for the English network.

Canadian Heritage committee  And look at what we've done with--

Canadian Heritage committee  We monitor this. We have stats. When we talk about adding to our resources, this is something we follow extremely carefully.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's diversity, again, which is one of the values being promoted by this plan. We understand that Toronto and Vancouver are cities that have transformed themselves over the years because of the influx of immigrants who have made this country what it is now. That's why we need to adapt.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we believe that, sir. The reason we brought this to the forefront is that we can have a good conversation about Canadian content. We can have a conversation about diversity. We can have a conversation about the broadcaster being the link between Canadians from coast to coast to coast, English and French.

Canadian Heritage committee  All of that will depend, sir, on the conclusions with respect to the government appropriation. Right now, what we are telling the ministers we meet with and this committee.... And we thank you again for allowing us to show you what CBC does and the value we bring to Canadians. That's what we're doing now.