Thank you, Madam Chair.
Tensions can be high on any committee, but I am going to give you praise for allowing me to speak first and saying that I did have Meta involved. You did see that and you reconsidered, which I appreciate very much.
All I'm trying to do with this subamendment is bring everybody together. Some people want social media here, and I hear that. Some want CBC, some want the ombudsman and some want journalistic standards: I agree with everybody. That was my effort today: to listen to others around the table and to compromise. That's what I was trying to do, whether it's going to be successful or not.
I used the analogy of the CBC because of the $1.4-billion subsidy they are getting yearly. Then I used Meta and others, because they are receiving over $1 billion in ads from several parties and several government agencies. That was the intent, Madam Chair, if you don't mind, of my subamendment: to bring everyone together. Let's hear all of them.
I thank you for reconsidering and bringing my subamendment forward, because that's all I was trying to do. We've heard CBC and social media—Meta—and we're trying to bring them here to have a full understanding of what is going on in the news agencies in our country.
Thank you.