Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thanks to our witnesses.
I'd like to go back to you, Mr. Singer.
We've had a variety of witnesses over the last few weeks. The vast majority are strongly in favour of Bill C-18, including—and I thought this was an interesting point and kind of a watershed moment—the community newspapers of Alberta and Saskatchewan. This is where half of our Conservative caucus is found. The community newspapers in those provinces are very strong advocates for Bill C-18, though they want to see improvements in the legislation.
Certainly in my community of New Westminster—Burnaby, we've seen a hemorrhaging of local news content as a result of what so many would say is unfair competition.
I am interested in coming back to the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act in the United States. I want you to tell us a bit about what would happen if this is not put into place.
The Australian model is something that a lot of other countries are looking at because their local community news has been decimated.
What would happen without the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act? How would you see journalism evolving in the United States?