It might well be on MLSE; but that wasn't Bfin's position. His position was that there wasn't actually a HD version at all, and it was not true that the Canadian carriers wouldn't carry it.
That MLSE has failed to deal with this properly does seem much more likely.
No one has it. This is the issue ... GolTVCanada claims they have now got a HD version of the channel, but no one carries it. I think they are expecting that we will make a lot of noise to Rogers, etc. which would assist in their negotiations.
Which would be an underhanded assumption... but probably not incorrect. I note the irony about me making assumptions about assumptions.