Thank you for the question, Mr. Shields.
I believe when I used the term “new” earlier, it was in response to MP Thomas, who asked me whether the definition of “digital news intermediary” had been used elsewhere. I said no. That's a new concept that was developed for this legislation.
In terms of the constitutionality of it, as you know, the heads of power under the Constitution Act have evolved through case law and through interpretation so that they can continue to apply in the modern context. Our assessment, again, for this bill, is that it is an appropriate piece of legislation that falls under the federal government's jurisdiction in this space under the Constitution Act.
It is, indeed, a new piece of legislation. It's a new framework, but it is grounded in the Constitution Act and those powers that fall to the federal government and not other levels of government.