Right. I'll deal with the second one first.
The question you ask is one of tax policy, and I'm certainly not an expert in tax policy, but I can see their argument that a service like illico, Crave, or even shomi—that's still around until the end of November—are subject to GST payments, whereas other foreign services that still use our banking system through credit card set-offs don't seem to be. Just as an ordinary citizen, I'm a bit surprised by that. I know that it's not the approach taken in other jurisdictions, but I suggest you ask that question of the Department of Finance.
With respect to the quality of journalism, I gave a speech on the 17th of February and, maybe to shorten things up, I elaborated on my thoughts about the emergence of quality journalism on the new platforms. My point, in short, was that the journalism standards we have today took 300 years to develop. Facebook hasn't been around for more than 10 or 12 years, and it's the same with the other social media platforms, so it takes time. In fact, the codes of ethics that everybody quotes today probably only find their origins in the 1920s.
These standards take time to develop, but they are usually developed by the professional industry themselves. I'm particularly aware that Parliament, in the Broadcasting Act, tells us specifically, right up front, that we have to be cognizant of freedom of expression and independence of journalistic ethics. It's difficult for a body like ours to tell journalists, who are the fourth estate, how to do their job.
I am hopeful that the journalism industry will ask itself the question, as we are on these new platforms, what the standards are. Can we just print anything that appears to get more clicks to sell more advertising, or should we be applying a code of ethics, whether we're the CBC or the CTV, to make sure that we are doing it as appropriate members of that fourth estate?