Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to thank everyone around the table.
It will be interesting. I totally agree with the Globe and Mail's article today, which refutes what Mr. Julian has said all along. It was the Liberals under Chrétien and Martin who destroyed the CBC funding, not Harper. I want to thank Konrad Yakabuski for the Globe and Mail report today. It clearly says, “Under the Trudeau Liberals, the CBC keeps cashing in”, as we're up to $1.3 billion plus the $42 million that they gave in the fall economic update.
The numbers are going to tell the story on this bill, if you don't mind my saying. The PBO has the number inflated to $180 million more than the department. They have $329 million that they feel is coming from the tech giants, and the department only had $150 million. When you get the big boys at the table spreading the $150 million, I think we're going to see the demise of local newspapers in Canada more than ever after this bill has passed.
You know, the Saskatoon berry pie used to be very big, and now the Saskatoon berry pie is only a tart, when we're going to leave Bill C-18. I think the future does not hold very well for small and medium newspapers. I'm really disappointed, as everybody knows, about the two reporters. I think it's going to have a big effect on the country. However, we'll see where it goes.
I want to thank everyone, as we head out of here before Christmas with Bill C-18.
Before we leave today, we do need to discuss next Tuesday and whether the judge is coming to talk about Hockey Canada.
Thanks, everybody.