Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I just have a couple of questions. I just want to clarify. I do support funding a public broadcaster. I also believe this will mean that taxpayers in the end will have to pay less because the public broadcaster will be covered and be able to earn revenues under the bill.
I want to come to how I understand this clause. I understand this clause not to be adding that public broadcasters are eligible. Public broadcasters were not excluded under the previous grounds for eligibility, so clause 28 has nothing to do with whether or not public broadcasters are eligible. They are subject to the same tests everybody else is under clause 27 of the bill.
Clause 28 was meant to say that, despite public broadcasters' being eligible, the Governor in Council could make other rules with respect to public broadcasters only.
My understanding of this amendment is that it says that now CBC/Radio-Canada is no longer subject to that, which is why I support this amendment. It means you can no longer have the Governor in Council saying that for some reason CBC or Radio-Canada is no longer eligible under the other criteria they set. They can't say that public broadcasters won't be eligible unless they make $20 billion a year or something like that, but it does say that provincial public broadcasters could be subject to an order in council.
Am I understanding this correctly?