Thank you for the question, Mr. Bittle.
Nothing comes to mind from a constitutional perspective. The thrust of it is similar to what we were discussing, that in essence this would result in an obligation to have an agreement with all eligible news businesses in order to benefit.
My observation would be that this muddies the water between the exemption in subparagraph 11(1)(a)(iv), which is intended to speak to the sustainability of the Canadian news marketplace as a whole, and then subparagraph 11(1)(a)(v), which is specifically about independent local news businesses and innovative business models.
In essence, I think this amendment broadens subparagraph 11(1)(a)(v) to be about not only independent local businesses but all eligible news businesses.