I call the meeting to order.
Good morning, everyone. We welcome the witnesses.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), this committee is doing a study of the media and of local community access to news on all platforms, including digital, as well as access to Canadian content, what the impact is of consolidation of the media, and what future we can look forward to and bring recommendations on.
I want to thank our witnesses for coming today. We have with us Dr. Michael Geist, Canada research chair in Internet and e-commerce law and professor in the faculty of law at the University of Ottawa, and April Lindgren, principal investigator in the local news research project and professor at Ryerson University's School of Journalism.
How we begin, witnesses, is that each of you has 10 minutes to make your points. Then we go to questions and answers, where there is some interaction.
Shall we begin?
Go ahead, Dr. Geist, please, for 10 minutes.
Thank you.