Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This amendment really keeps the ownership and control of our broadcasting system by Canadians. The bill currently removes the section of the act that asserts that the Canadian broadcasting system shall be effectively owned and controlled by Canadians.
We live beside the largest media conglomerate in the world, the United States, and we have kept our national identity and our cultural sovereignty by maintaining control and ownership of our broadcasting system effectively by Canadians. This amendment has been supported by a number of organizations that I've talked to, and I'll note that the Bloc Québécois, the Conservatives and the NDP have similar amendments to maintain ownership and control of our broadcasting system by Canadians.
I think it's important to keep this enshrined in legislation, rather than just leaving it to the CRTC. Thank you.