Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being here. That exchange was quite interesting, especially off the top, when Mr. Gourde referred to another member and the issues around speaking French. Using the same logic, he should have turned to the member next to him and suggested that Ms. Thomas resign after demanding that you speak English at this very committee. The hypocrisy from Conservatives is quite interesting.
He also mentioned the Liberals' record in the nineties and seemed to just glide right over the Conservatives' record—10 years of darkness. Why do you think that is? Is it perhaps the embarrassment around Conservative cuts that have led to journalism cuts in communities like mine that really rely on local journalism as part of our democratic institutions?