We know that journalism is facing tremendous challenges. The way people access content and consume information is changing. We have always recognized the importance of journalism and the fact that editorial independence must be respected.
When we invested $675 million in CBC/Radio-Canada, we had three objectives.
First, more investments must be made in the creation of local content, so that journalists in both official languages across the country can write articles about their communities.
Second, we need to support digital information infrastructure and increase the public broadcaster's knowledge in that area, be it in terms of metadata or algorithms.
Third, we must invest in the new generation at CBC, so that our public broadcaster would be strong in 50 years.
As I said in answering Mr. Vandal's question, we are looking into ways to modernize the Canada periodical fund—in other words, we are considering how local news is broadcast across the country and focusing on the production of local journalistic content. I am guided in particular by the committee's excellent work in this area as I undertake that modernization.