Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I just want to thank the Liberal critic, Mr. Rodriguez, for extending this opportunity for me to ask a question, as I do have to leave. Again, this highlights the non-partisan nature of this study. I think we all want to find a way to find a solution to what is a crisis in television broadcast.
Perhaps I could first thank all the witnesses for their testimony thus far. I have a number of questions. I'm from Manitoba, and I'll put my colours on the table right away. I would like to ask a couple of questions for a very important company that has maintained a presence in Manitoba when many other companies were running to Toronto and other places. Of course, Canwest has always maintained an important presence in Manitoba.
A couple of people who have come before this committee have suggested that perhaps the broadcasters might not necessarily be passing along any fee for carriage, that if you were to receive it—if the CRTC were to rule that—it might not get passed along to local content. In fact, the CRTC chairman, Mr. Konrad von Finckenstein, when he came before this committee, indicated he didn't have assurances from the broadcasters as to whether or not they would pass that along. I'm wondering if you can give some testimony as to whether or not you see that the fee for carriage, or any additional revenues you were to receive, would go to local news.