Sure. Thank you, Chair. I appreciate the floor.
Just before I get to that, I wish to give notice of a motion that I'll be tabling here at committee. It shouldn't come as a surprise. On Sunday, we had a historic event take place, and that was game six between the Edmonton Oilers and the Dallas Stars. Of course, the winning team would go on to compete for the Stanley Cup, which is quite a great achievement. That winning team was the Edmonton Oilers, the Canadian team that will represent us as we go for that cup. Should we be successful, it will be the first time in more than 30 years, which is quite exciting.
Canadians tuned in to the CBC in hopes that they would be able to watch the game there, but unfortunately they were not able to, because it was not made available. The CBC is a public broadcaster. It's paid for with tax money, so for Canadians to be forced to subscribe in order to access that game seemed altogether inappropriate.
The motion that I'm giving notice of reads as follows:
Given that the CBC receives $1.4 billion from taxpayers, the CBC holds the rights to broadcast the NHL playoffs, the CBC chose not to broadcast the Edmonton Oilers game that sent them to the Stanley Cup finals, the committee calls on the CBC to commit to broadcast all Stanley Cup final games and to report this finding to the House.
This motion is now on notice at committee. Thank you.
(On clause 3)