Thank you.
I'm really delighted, Minister Miller, that you are in the role, and I'm looking forward to hearing about the great things that the department is going to be doing.
In my riding of Port Moody—Coquitlam, community and ethnic television such as the Tri-Cities Community Television, Parvaz TV and Korean television through Omni Television are vital local voices. They survive mainly because of grassroots volunteer-driven efforts stepping in when traditional systems have pulled back. They really rely on the large broadcasters to decide whether they are carried at all and how much support they receive.
How concerned are you about their sustainability? What role can the federal government play in making sure that this system is more accessible for them?