Madam Chair, I'll be sharing my time with Mr. Yurdiga.
You made a couple of comments that I found interesting. You said that it's contributing to Canada's democracy. When I take the word “history” and split it in half, it's “his story”. For anybody who writes or reads news, it's somebody's version. I'm not as tied to what you think is factual news. I probably have a different view from yours.
When you said it achieves the social objectives of the act, the hair on the back of my neck stood up and I thought about whose social objectives. It's like saying you're from the government, that you're here to help. I view that a little differently from how you may, so run like hell now.
News is somebody's story. It's their version of what happened. When police take witness statements, they get 43 different statements from whoever viewed whatever happened. I have a different view from how you may see the news.
With those comments, I'll turn it to Mr. Yurdiga.