Thank you very much.
Mr. Gonez, you've made some interesting points here today.
With regard to Bill C-18, it seems that the government perhaps made a few mistakes. We want to make sure that Canadians have access to local news. We want to make sure that there is a thriving ecosystem within our country. Certainly, that is the case. However, in order to do that, the news needs to be where people are, which is largely digital nowadays, not in these antiquated systems.
When $8 million goes to a place like Bell to prop up an already existing system, no money goes to Tri-Cities Community TV and about $100,000 goes to you, I see an incredible imbalance. At the end of the day, you're actually meeting the audience where they are and giving them more of what they want.
Bill C-18 had an opportunity to make sure that Canadians were, in fact, getting what they needed and to make sure that the ecosystem was strengthened, but based on the testimony I've heard here today, it hasn't hit the mark. What could be done better to make sure that we're actually providing for the needs of Canadians in terms of their access to news?
