Thank you, Madam Chair.
I hope the connection is good enough to provide my anglophone colleagues with acceptable interpretation, and I would ask them to tell us right away if that is not the case. There do appear to be some technical problems this morning.
I'd like to thank the witnesses who are with us this morning. Their testimony and comments are very interesting.
I am pleased to see you again, Mr. Trudel. Once again, I'd like to thank you for shedding light on a matter you feel strongly about.
I'm now going to talk about something less pleasant.
Layoffs were announced at CBC/Radio-Canada on the news yesterday. I know that will affect a lot of people. It will certainly have an influence on the quality of the news and on the transmission of Quebec and francophone culture. Needless to say, if some 250 jobs at CBC/Radio-Canada are cut, in programming services alone, there will doubtless be consequences.
How would the current context be different today if we had taken action earlier and followed the recommendations of the Yale report in which you were involved?
If we had acted earlier to regulate the web giants in the information and culture sector, do you think we'd be where we are today?