Coming from industry, you would know that the telecommunications companies in this country control most of the media, the big telcos.
I did see two long-term stations, Pattison and Stingray, in Medicine Hat and Lloydminster, go dark just seven months ago, just like that. I think it's because of the legislation of Bill C-18. They did not deliver the money they said they were going to. It's been a disaster since day one. Now we see backroom cash deals with Google, which was talked about by my colleague. I really feel that local news is dead in these communities. Now I see CBC trying to move into Yorkton, Swift Current and Moose Jaw. The local people of these communities—for 50 or 60 years, I might add—are entrenched. When they went dark in June...and I see many more going dark in the coming months, and I'm concerned about this.
You're from industry, so you dealt with the telcos. I know—