Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, Mr. Demers. I want to thank everyone.
I was shocked by your testimony earlier. All that information is really like a multi-grain loaf of bread, a giant pumpernickel we will have to digest. When we leave here, we will have a lot of information to go over based on what you have talked about. You have painted a fairly accurate picture of the situation. Clearly, this indicates that we will need data to pinpoint where the crises are, where the leaks are and what kind of support we can provide.
Mr. Demers, your study is very broad. What you have been working on for several years brings me to draw a parallel. Tell me if it is wrong.
I am 52 years old, and when I was younger, I read the newspaper. The only media we had access to were live television and the paper. Today, competition is huge and comes from all over. Local media are facing global competition, whether we are talking about a starlet's nonsense on TMZ, a documentary on fish or the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. All that causes us to show less interest in what is happening in the neighbourhood next to ours, such as the fact that a fire hydrant was installed in the middle of the sidewalk.
Is it fair to say that these are the phenomena with with our local media must contend? They are no longer the only source of information and, as you often say, of entertainment.