Official Languages committee  One moment please. Here is a copy of the letter. I'll just read it back, if you don't mind: On behalf of CBC Television, I would like to express our concern and regret over the reaction to last Monday's broadcast of performances which took place during the Canadian Songwriters

Official Languages committee  Unfortunately, I don't have the French version with me, but there were two versions of the letter: one was written in French and the other one in English.

Official Languages committee  There's more than one gala show. It's no problem having francophones and anglophones at the gala. The full three and a half hours of the gala were broadcast on Radio 2.

Official Languages committee  I understand, but we decided, given that there were 44 minutes available for television—

Official Languages committee  No. I said that Radio-Canada had decided not to broadcast the gala on television. That's all I said. I respect the decision of my colleagues from Radio-Canada.

Official Languages committee  I would have had no problem with that. I respect the fact that they know the francophone audience better than I do.

Official Languages committee  I fully agree with the premise of your questions. Building a bridge between the two cultures is one of the CBC's main goals. I gave you a lot of examples of what we've done in the past and what we're doing now. All I'm saying is that we made some decisions about those 44 minutes.

Official Languages committee  In the theatre?

Official Languages committee  I don't know, I did not attend the gala.

Official Languages committee  I am not the one who wrote the hall of fame's policies.

Official Languages committee  Yes, so?

Official Languages committee  I assume that there were francophones in attendance at the gala because francophones were also being honoured.

Official Languages committee  I can repeat my—

Official Languages committee  In the letter that I wrote?

Official Languages committee  I can repeat myself again. We are currently considering what we're going to do in the future with the hall of fame gala. I'm here to listen to you and to have this conversation. I've tried to explain my reasoning in relation to this show, but I can clearly see that you reject it.