Finance committee  You're comparing public television with commercial television. We have three types of radio and television networks in Canada: public, commercial and community. They aren't structured or funded in the same way at all. You're comparing apples and oranges.

Finance committee  The CRTC safeguards their independence because it is independent from the government. Without the CRTC, those networks wouldn't be independent.

Finance committee  The licence fee regime is certainly a good one. It's in place in a number of European countries but would be impossible to implement here today. People aren't accustomed to that and would be extremely resistant to any attempt to adopt a system like the one in Great Britain. I don

Finance committee  I don't get Sun Media on my cable TV in Quebec City, but I do get CTV. Although, certainly, I mostly watch French-language networks, I often tune in to the others.

Finance committee  It will no longer feel like public television. As I explained at the beginning of my statement, independence is a fundamental principle of any public broadcaster. You can't have a public broadcaster without independence. Yesterday, I quickly reread the questions that had been as

Finance committee  For instance, guidelines for collective bargaining should come from the CBC's board of directors. The state must keep as much distance as possible between it and the public broadcaster.

Finance committee  Yes, of course.

Finance committee  As you said, I don't think this is reminiscent of a dictatorship; let's not get too carried away. However, as you know, more and more journalists are experiencing less job security at the CBC. The chilling effect you referred to can certainly have an impact on journalists who are

Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  And you did not?

Finance committee  Absolutely. The consequences are wide-ranging. The change would undermine the CBC's credibility in the eyes of the public. In addition—and this is another significant consequence—it would undermine other countries' perception of the Canadian broadcasting system. Just last week,

Finance committee  Good morning and thank you for the invitation to appear. My remarks are also about division 17 of part 3 of the bill and, more specifically, about the CBC's inclusion and submission in its bargaining on the Treasury Board. In my humble opinion, that part of the bill is a serious

Finance committee  Yes, I hear you very well.