Canadian Heritage committee  The answer is—and Sylvain explained it well—depending on the circumstance, depending on the services, and depending on what the object of those dollars would be, because the fee for carriage would go into programming and the delivering of a particular project. It wouldn't go to the bottom line and simply add to the national broadcaster's revenues.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would be happy to do that. Where I come from, the definition or—

Canadian Heritage committee  Of course, pardon me.

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Siksay, I apologize. My use of that word simply shows where I come from, my background before CBC. I could have and should have used “corporation”. I stand corrected. The word “company” is for me the environment in which we work every day, and that's the reason it was used. As a public broadcaster, I clearly understand where we're going.

Canadian Heritage committee  In the breakdown of our revenues, between $300 million and $350 million in advertising revenue is generated by our activities. That figure is in addition, among other things, to the millions of dollars invested by Canadian taxpayers.

Canadian Heritage committee  Richard--who's in the film industry, literally--can help you with that, and then we'll talk about costs.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, sir. We have policies with respect to travel expenses. We have policies with respect to the way they are reimbursed and the use of business class. I was saying to Madame Mourani a few seconds ago, in the context of our normal processes we are reviewing these policies—as a matter of fact, right now, because they are coming up in our schedule.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. I'll ask Mr. Stursberg, who has been in this industry and has known this aspect of our business for 25 years, to help you with this.

Canadian Heritage committee  Exactly.

Canadian Heritage committee  Take the example of Radio-Canada: the news service there is very important.

Canadian Heritage committee  If you're asking me the question as an individual, the answer is probably no. That also depends on the person who's on screen and whether I'm interested in the subject.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think they signed a contract for five or six years. We can do nothing in that case. When the contract is reopened, we'll see whether bringing La Soirée du hockey back to our network is one of our priorities.

Canadian Heritage committee  Of course, sir.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's always a major question that comes up in comments made on the gala. I'm a francophone—

Canadian Heritage committee  On what exactly?