I was fortunate to participate in a conference held here in Ottawa just two weeks ago with the major public service media from around the world. I think there were 30 or 40 different organizations represented. The message from everyone was the same: The importance of the public service media in the democratic world is greater than it's ever been, particularly around the question of disinformation.
There was a lot of discussion about how our public service media can help in the process of informing our citizens. Our democracies are predicated on our citizens being informed, and the challenge of disinformation is greater than it's ever been. That's what I mentioned in my opening remarks regarding the concern that Canadians will not be able to know what's true.
The funding is a similar situation. We're all facing the same challenges in private and public media from the large global tech companies—Meta, Google, Amazon and what have you. It's a significant challenge for all public service media around the world to continue to provide the service to their citizens, and that's certainly the case for us here in Canada.