Finance committee  We have only one recommendation to make this morning: that the Government of Canada contribute $4,200,000 annually to the Community Radio Fund of Canada to maintain and develop community radio stations in Canada. Thank you.

Finance committee  Good morning. My name is François Côté, and I am Executive Director of the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada. I'm here with Kevin Matthews, who is Executive Director of the NCRA. In these times, when the vast majority of regions across the country are hard hit by the economic downturn, it seems all the more necessary for the Government of Canada to take specific measures to financially support social economy enterprises on an ongoing basis, especially community radio stations that play a key role in the survival and development of many Canadian communities.