Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for joining us today. Happy International Women's Day.
I have a few questions I thought I'd start with. One is that the current act states that the broadcasting system in Canada must be under Canadian ownership, but the bill removes this reference and opens the door for broadcasting systems to be under foreign ownership as well. I want to understand the motivation for this proposed change and whether it could facilitate the acquisition of our broadcasters by American companies, for example.
I'll pass that to anyone who wants to take it one on.