Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Good afternoon. Thank you for this invitation to address the hearing on this critical issue.
My name is Michelle Shephard. I'm here, as you heard, with Carol Off, my co-president. We're here to represent Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. We're also both long-time journalists in Canada. I spent 21 year with the Toronto Star before leaving to work independently in 2018. I continue to work in the media with various outlets and to produce documentaries. Carol, as I'm sure many of you know, was with CBC for over four decades. Most recently, she was at the helm of As It Happens. She's just back from a book tour for her best-selling book At a Loss for Words.
I know there are a few Canadian journalism organizations, so—