In terms of impact, I think Mr. Nater explained it in that the act would not apply to certain online undertakings unless they surpassed that threshold.
Mr. Housefather, I believe, referenced the current standard in the act, which is the assessment of whether material contribution can be made.
Online undertakings include both Canadian and non-Canadian online undertakings. One consideration I would bring to the committee's attention is that it would also.... We've been discussing community organizations. There are also public broadcasters in Canada that could operate online undertakings. This exclusion would apply to any online undertaking, regardless of who operates it, if it falls below that financial threshold. Some of those organizations may be very well equipped—again, thinking of public broadcasters—to contribute to the policy objectives of the act, but this would potentially exclude them.
With respect to your questions about individuals, the way the act is structured is that this applies to online undertakings. Then proposed subsection 2(2.1) of the act indicates that individuals are not to be considered online undertakings for the purposes of the act. That means that no individual can be taken before the CRTC and subject to regulation or contributions to the system unless they're acting as a mandatary or an affiliate of an online undertaking.
In terms of your question about the effect on timelines, if I understand it correctly, it's what happens if eventually an online undertaking surpasses that and how that would come into play. The answer is that it would depend. It could be that there would be certain regulations that the CRTC has enforced, that there are certain thresholds established and therefore, if an online undertaking surpassed that threshold, they'd immediately be subject to certain obligations. Alternatively, it may be that, given the kind of service, yes, the CRTC would have to do a regulatory proceeding and look at what contributions that service could make. There would have to be a regulatory proceeding that would take some time to put into place.