Thank you.
Minister, my next question has to do with clause 24 of the bill.
We know that in everyday life we can use links within our sites, whether it's a blog, our Facebook pages or Twitter, etc. We can share these links, and no one is required to pay for doing so.
However, under Bill C-18, all of a sudden DNIs, digital news intermediaries, would be required to pay for news links, but only news links. News links would be the only thing on the Internet that would be ascribed a monetary value, and no other links. All other links can be shared with no problem and no need to pay, but news links somehow have value.
I'm just curious as to why news links are ascribed a value, but other links are not. Why do you feel that this is appropriate?