Thank you, Madam Chair and Mr. Champoux.
I appreciate the minister, Mr. Owen Ripley and Ms. Mondou being here.
Through you, Madam Chair, I'll direct my questions to the minister.
We're not alone in working on this legislation for fair compensation from these digital platforms to support the free, independent and thriving press that we want. This bill has garnered a lot of interest from other countries that are looking at us as they're drafting similar legislation. We looked to Australia, and you mentioned in earlier testimony that Australia's now looking back at our legislation and that Europe, the U.S. and other countries are looking to us for inspiration.
You and I have had conversations about how other countries are approaching us. Can you speak to how this is the beginning of a wave of countries that are working on the same legislation?