Honourable senators, my second question on national policy is one I asked you on October 2, about the decision by the CBC to cancel local dinnertime TV newscasts. That had an impact not only on Prince Edward Island, but also in northern Canada and rural Canada. That decision was reversed. Unfortunately, the CBC violated the terms of their licence when they cancelled the shows. When they were awarded their broadcasting licence by the CRTC, they promised a number of things. Two of them were that there would be no cancellations without public consultation and the approval of the CRTC, and they committed to a minimum number of programming hours in each area. Both of those conditions were not met. Then we find the CRTC saying, “Well, they violated their licence but there’s nothing we can do about it.”

You were going to check on October 2 to see what the government could do to make sure that, in a future crisis, this never happens again.