Thank you, Madam Chair.
I just want to start by saying that of course the committee can invite whomever it wants as witnesses, but normally we start from a list of people who approach our clerk saying they wish to appear. According to our clerk, by yesterday nobody from Meta had ever approached asking to appear.
I'd like to ask this of Mr. Dinsdale. Mr. Dinsdale, you were the first person—I think it was on October 21—who made what I'll call a “threat”—and you may not call it a threat—that Facebook would withdraw news content in Canada. Mr. Dinsdale, did you make that decision on your own, or did you consult with other people at Facebook in order to determine that you would make such a statement?