Thank you so much, Madam Chair.
Thank you so much to all the witnesses for joining us. This has been a very fascinating conversation.
For me, C-11 is about fairness, equality, inclusiveness, openness and respect. I think maintaining our Canadian culture through film and television is something that we as Canadians, as lawmakers and as citizens should be striving to do.
Ms. Boltman from Friends, I think the best line I've heard this evening was “crashing on our cultural couch”. Thank you for sharing that, and I'll keep that in the back of my mind as we proceed.
I wanted to ask a few questions of Ms. Jenkinson from BSO.
We had a meeting earlier this week and heard from some witnesses that government should not be involved in the regulation of any type of broadcasting. In particular, we heard from one witness that some online streaming giants not wanting to carry such unique voices as OUTtv was capitalism at work, that it was fine and that the government should not be ensuring diversity in those voices.
I am completely opposite to that. I think that, in a democratic process, we should use democracy and the ability for government, through law, regulation and directives, to ensure that we have good Canadian content that reflects Canada today.
I want to get your opinion on that statement from a witness earlier this week.