Good morning, Mr. Blais. Thank you for being here today.
I am going to start with my questions directly, because we do not have much time.
Next November 22, you will be starting your licence renewal hearings for the major English-language and French-language concerns. I will not name them; we all know who they are. I have two questions about that.
First, in your opinion, how important in the long term is local news production for the survival of the telecommunications industry?
Second, what does the CRTC intend to do to remind those large concerns about their responsibilities in local broadcasting?