Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all, amendment BQ-16 proposes the following wording:
(4) The Commission shall, by order, on the terms and conditions that it considers appropriate, exempt persons who carry on broadcasting undertakings of any class specified in the order from any or all of the requirements of this Part, of an order made under section 9.1 or of a regulation made under this Part if the Commission is satisfied that compliance with those requirements will not have a significant effect on the implementation of the broadcasting policy set out in subsection 3(1).
So we propose to replace "contribute in a material manner to the implementation of" with "have a significant effect on the implementation of".
We also propose to add, after line 26 on page 6, the following:
(5) The Commission shall review the exemption order if it considers compliance with the order to have a significant effect on the implementation of the Canadian broadcasting policy.