Good morning, everyone.
Welcome to the 58th meeting of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), a full investigation of the role of a public broadcaster in the 21st century.
This morning we're very pleased because one thing that has come up over and over again is new media. It's great to have you folks from that new media era here this morning.
We welcome as witnesses this morning, from the Department of Industry, Veena Rawat and Bernard Caron; from the University of Ottawa, Pierre Bélanger; from McMaster University, Philip Savage and Christina Oreskovich; and as an individual, Jacques Bensimon.
Welcome to our witnesses this morning. We'll try to keep our introductions to eight minutes if we can, in and around there. We'll try to keep our questions short and concise and try to stay within the time limits of five minutes for questions and answers from each person.
We'll start with the Department of Industry.