Mr. Shields, I believe you're likely referencing the fact that there are existing agreements in place, and Bill C-18 does provide a transition mechanism for those agreements to be taken into account.
However, once Bill C-18 receives royal assent, the CRTC will have to assess whether platforms have done enough against the criteria set out in the bill and assess whether those existing agreements are sufficient or not. The government's perspective would be that right now the agreements are probably disproportionately with the bigger players. As you note, more needs to be done to support the smaller players.