Thank you, Madam Chair.
I appreciate the witnesses being here today.
Going to weekly newspapers in Saskatchewan and in Alberta in particular, I know that in my riding we have probably a dozen weeklies. They don't belong to that association or agree with that position because they're owner-journalists. They may have one...and they don't see the value in this. They're very clear. When it's said here that all of Alberta and Saskatchewan.... No, they don't have that same view. Let me tell you that.
They feel they've been excluded from this. They don't feel they're a part of it. They feel that this piece of legislation is going to kill them and they will be gone because there's nothing left for them.
When you talk about negotiations, they can't afford to get into negotiations. They're not part of the organizations' negotiations and the money, as we know, is almost gone.
Ms. Gardner, what are the unintended consequences for small, weekly papers with an owner-journalist? I have a number of them.