Thank you, Madam Chair.
Good afternoon to my colleagues.
Minister, thank you so much for taking the time today.
I want to pick up on MP Waugh's comments first.
He was just saying—and you hear it from the Conservative playbook all the time—that viewership is down. What does that really mean? How is viewership measured, Minister? Do these viewership measurements actually take into account how Canadians are consuming media in 2024? By my read, it's largely through streaming.
Before you answer, I also want to quickly comment on my riding of Saint John—Rothesay.
People in this riding love the CBC. They love CBC Radio. They love CBC New Brunswick. They love the Canadian content. They love the fact that the CBC ties our community together. In fact, you know, if the Conservatives want some free advice from me here in southern New Brunswick, it's that I think it's a wrong play to constantly talk about defunding and dismantling the CBC. I think it's a major mistake, and I think Canadians will rally, as they did in 2015, 2019 and 2021.
Anyway, Minister, I'll go back to you. I want to get your comments on Conservatives saying that viewership is down.