I call this meeting to order. This is meeting number 18 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
Pursuant to the order of reference of Tuesday, February 16, 2021, the committee will commence consideration of Bill C-10, an act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other acts.
As a reminder, today's meeting is in a hybrid format—virtual and in person—pursuant to the order of January 25, 2021, from the House. The webcast will always show the person speaking rather than the entirety of the committee and will be available on the House of Commons website.
As a final note, screenshots or taking photos of your screen are not permitted. Since we are dealing exclusively with the department today, I don't suppose we'll have that problem. They probably know the rules better than we do.
We have, in our first hour, officials from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
We're going to be taking a brief intermission, for technical reasons, to hook up with Minister Guilbeault, who will join us in the second hour.
Right now, we have Jean-Stéphen Piché, senior assistant deputy minister of cultural affairs. We have Thomas Owen Ripley, director general of broadcasting, copyright and creative marketplace branch. We have Kathy Tsui, manager of industrial and social policy, in the broadcasting, copyright and creative marketplace branch.
We're starting out with a 15-minute statement.
Mr. Piché, you have the floor for 15 minutes.
I'll let you decide if you want to hand it to someone else.
Monsieur Piché, the floor is yours.