Official Languages committee  It would be blanket coverage outside the province of Quebec.

Official Languages committee  TQS would still have exclusivity for the province of Quebec. They were our partner at the bid, so that's just the way it is, and we're proud to have them on board. But we're talking about outside the province of Quebec. Our proposal would have them distribute everywhere outside the province of Quebec, on all their transmitters, the signal that Gerry provides.

Official Languages committee  --what I'm very proud to say is that we're going to be delivering more hours of coverage in both official languages than has ever been done before, highlighted by the fact that the gold medal final, along with all of the sledge hockey, is going to be carried live. This is for the very first time.

Official Languages committee  Oh, absolutely, absolutely.

Official Languages committee  What we've done for the Olympics and the Paralympics is to have two teams. We have the English team and it's mirrored by the French team. So it's equal in terms of the production value, the quality, the number of cameras, and so on.

Official Languages committee  The figures come from a combination of media stats, BBM and Nielsen measurements, and they look at the number of households outside the province of Quebec that are francophone. From that, we deduct the number of homes that have cable or have satellite available to them to which they actually subscribe.

Official Languages committee  No, we really haven't gone that far. I know that's something that would be difficult for them. They simply don't have decoders they could offer for free. I think you heard about the Freesat proposal this morning from the CRTC, and they talked about the $500 initial cost it would take.

Official Languages committee  It's all the same. It's a consortium. So all of the advertising, both English and French, is sold by a single group and placed. The reason you do that is you have to really protect what we call exclusivities.

Official Languages committee  Yes, we did. But we have another proposal today. Maybe this will preempt some of the questioning, because we are prepared. No one has heard this, so this will be brand new for everybody. We are prepared to look at a proposal whereby CBC/SRC could produce their own coverage, but we would have to control the advertising.

Official Languages committee  I'm going to ask Mr. Frappier to speak on this, because he is the chef de mission. But just before we do, I want to make something clear. You talked about the launch event and how it was not something that was, in your view, acceptable in terms of the balance between French and English coverage.

Official Languages committee  In terms of the games and the delivery of the games, the show on the ground, whether it's ceremonies, press conferences, lead-up events, or anything like that, is controlled by VANOC. Our role and our responsibility is to broadcast that.

Official Languages committee  There's a practical issue with unscrambling that long before the events, and there's a commercial issue, quite frankly. It's probably more of a commercial issue. The way it will work is that people who do not subscribe will get the signal for free, as we've described. People who do subscribe will continue to pay.

Official Languages committee  Let me put it this way, as a short answer. It's something we can look at. I think six months is too long. We've agreed to a month. We can think about that.

Official Languages committee  We are at the final stages with one point, which has now been agreed to. We will be making an announcement that the contract is done. That happened yesterday, basically, so you're hearing it first. That's number one. Number two, in terms of coverage--

Official Languages committee  Oh, did you say franco-Saskatchewan?