Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate the witnesses for being here. It's an example of freedom of speech and freedom of opinions. I appreciate hearing them all.
Dr. Geist, to start with, when we talk about supplementing Meta, it's pretty well known that once the financial update came out, the Liberals immediately spent a lot of money. About 30 ads immediately went up on big tech. The NDP recently spent $2.5 million. Its leader spent $400,000. We are all using this particular service out there. I have many weekly newspapers in my riding. They say that the 30% they've lost from federal advertising went to the big techs.
What is the role of government in news? Is it advertising? What role does the federal government have in Canadian news?