Effectively, if the committee supports Bill C-354, it is creating a new consultation mechanism that is giving privileged access to those listed in.... It's whatever the bill reads. Again, we talked about the potential of a perception of influence in giving that privileged access to provincial and territorial governments. Broadening it to include others obviously raises a question about who has access to that mechanism versus who doesn't.
That's why the government's view remains that the best one is a public consultation, one open to everybody to participate—where everybody's views are put on the public record and the CRTC makes a decision based on that public record, including the views and perspectives put forward by provincial governments.