The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that in 21 months as Canada's Heritage Minister, Melanie Joly has become known for saying as little as possible in as many words as possible. The Globe's Konrad Yakabuski writes that she always seems to be playing for time, despite insisting that she is hard at work crafting a Canadian cultural policy for the digital age. Ms. Joly will have one last chance to reverse that impression when, next month, she unveils her plan to help Canada's struggling private broadcasters stay afloat all while answering calls from local creators for more funding to help them produce domestic programming. This week, Ms. Joly threw the industry a bone by ordering the CRTC to return to the drawing board after it recently loosened domestic production requirements for the country's four big private broadcasting groups -- Bell Media, Quebecor, Rogers Media and Corus. The move suggested Ms. Joly has yet to come up with anything new. Instead, she remains wedded to an antiquated funding model, forcing broadcasters to spend a set percentage of their revenues on domestic dramatic programming. It means broadcasters will continue to commission shows few Canadians actually watch.