At the end of the day, my belief remains that the topic is too huge and if we simply make a run at it we will not achieve anything substantial. I'm pretty sure that the major cost would be in having good, well educated, experienced people working on the project not the equipment. To say that Canadians couldn't afford to get involved with HDTV seems very strange. There were some pretty hefty sums of money being spent yesterday. The government likey has a huge surplus to spend.
Every bank has billions in profits each year.
Make a compelling case, have the right people working on it and it will fly.