They've known for 16 months that we oppose the concept of additional contract workers at CBC.

We finally have established that there will be no runaway use of contract employees.

We believe that people working together, doing the same job should have the same rights and privileges, ... The health of public broadcasting rests on people actually being able to build a career.

We are talking about the next generation of the CBC, ... We are a family, and the family goes from generation to generation.

There's no reason we're out on the street today.

People realize that what we did in this agreement was push back against the corporation's main objective of turning this place into a [non-permanent] contract-hired staff.

It's really, really great to be back. So let's get up there, show them what it's all about. Let's get back, let's retake the CBC, make it what it can be - a great public broadcaster for all Canadians.