These organizations, like many around the country, are struggling for a variety of reasons. They struggle generally because a lot of them are grassroots. Some are even just shoestring operations that get out amazing information into the community, often cultural communities that are looking for that information because they want to hear about issues that they care about, and they want to see themselves in the journalism and the journalists who provide that information. It is of concern to me that they can survive and thrive.
Again, this is a context where the federal government can't always do everything, but we must do something. There are a couple of elements that I think would be important for you to note and for the organizations that serve the members of Port Moody—Coquitlam so faithfully. The changing narratives fund is a $10-million investment over three years that supports diverse voices in Canadian media, those of indigenous, Black, racialized and ethno-religious minorities, to share stories and experiences, so there's eligibility there. That's part of the Canada Media Fund that supports diverse communities generally as well.
In addition, there are a number of streams, including the local journalism initiative, which supports communities through press, radio and community television. It's not delivered by me, but by a not-for-profit organization, so that it does what people are concerned about, protecting the independence of the press. I don't have discretion over it, so to speak, and that contributes, for example, to the news and hiring diverse journalists.