Minister, when I asked you about the amount of money the CBC would get, you said that they have one-third of all the journalists in the country. We know that the draft regulations suggest that the money from the $100-million fund that Google is generating will be divvied up according to the number of journalists who are in each news business.
I am assuming, then, that the CBC will get one-third of the $100 million, which is $33 million. Do you believe that's just when we consider the local newspapers, ethnic newspapers, BIPOC newspapers and indigenous newspapers that will get only a small pittance, and when in fact your government claims that this bill is about supporting local news and small outlets?
That is not the case. One-third of the amount will go to the CBC. According to the PBO, 75% of the total will go to the big players, such as the CBC, such as Rogers, such as Bell and such as Torstar.
How will this bill support local, ethnic and BIPOC news outlets?