Thank you.
My first question goes to Mr. McKay.
Mr. McKay, the Department of Canadian Heritage has denied that this bill gives any sort of monetary value to links. However, when the heritage minister, Minister Pablo Rodriguez, was asked by CTV's Evan Solomon about this, he actually confirmed that, in fact, he did attribute a monetary value to the links. Referring to the links, he said, “there’s a value to that. If you click on the link and go to the news, there’s a value”. There seems to be a discrepancy, then, between what the department officials are saying and what the minister is saying.
I'd be curious, with regard to an industry perspective. Do you feel that there is, in fact, the discrepancy here that I have pointed out? I would be curious to know whether or not you agree with that, and then whether or not you feel it might be of benefit to bring the minister to the committee so that we would have opportunity to clarify this. Would that be good for you?