Canadian Heritage committee  No, not for the moment.

Canadian Heritage committee  We are concerned about competition from the digital giants and about all the other pressures we are feeling.

Canadian Heritage committee  For the moment, we are waiting for the results of the next election.

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, the funding from Treasury Board in the main estimates is not incremental funding. That is the salary inflation funding that all government departments and Crowns get. What we have received is $42 million, and it is not contingent on performance pay. As we are operating as an arm's-length organization, we have a certain amount of discretion.

Canadian Heritage committee  I have assumed that it is. There is no direction when the government assigns dollars in the way that it does. There was nothing written in the decision.

Canadian Heritage committee  There will be no significant job cuts related to balancing our budget. We are an organization that constantly, as you heard earlier, has people coming and going. We are constantly adjusting programming. I will never make a decision on behalf of the newsroom on a program that they may or may not decide to cut.

Canadian Heritage committee  If you follow the CRTC's licensing process, one of the big breakthroughs was the CRTC's recognition that, for our investments in programs of national interest—that's drama, comedy and variety—they would now count digital expenditures as well as linear. The future is digital. We are moving to an entirely digital world.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's exactly what CBC should be doing and Radio-Canada as well: launching, for example, local podcasts, which we just did, with seven local podcasts in specific towns across the country so that there's local news produced by the local...the people who live in the community.

Canadian Heritage committee  That is the kind of question we are considering at the moment, because we are very far from the possibility of this kind of defunding of the CBC. We want to work on transforming our services and on a strategy to ensure the survival of both components of the broadcaster in the long term.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not aware of any.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the range of my bonuses or performance pay is public, and I have not received it as yet, so I don't know what I will or will not receive.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's correct.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I did receive that.

Canadian Heritage committee  This is personnel information. I don't believe I'm under any obligation to disclose the exact amount. The range is published on the website. It's a maximum of 28% of my salary.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd like to get legal counsel to make sure that it's in compliance with the Privacy Act before I do so, but, if it is, I will provide it to this committee.