Thank you, Scott.
It just seems to me that the more money you hand out, the worse the local news is in this country. I don't have to tell you what happened in Lloydminster and Medicine Hat this year. They lost television stations that were there for 60 and 70 years.
Ms. Eatrides, you were saying that the CRTC cares about local news. Tell that to the laid-off employees. Tell that to Lloydminster and Medicine Hat people who have followed CHAT and CKSA for years. They just went dark overnight. Stingray, along with Pattison, just pulled the plug. They came in and said, “We're done. We can't make it go anymore.”
I just gave you two examples. Those are great examples, because this just happened this spring. What do you say to those people when you say that you want to help local news? I just gave you an example of probably 50 people laid off and communities now not being served by independent media. They're being served by the public broadcaster: CBC walked in. There is an issue I have when a public broadcaster with, let's face it, an advantage of millions of dollars, walks into these markets because these other broadcasters have shut down.
What are your thoughts on those two? I'm getting inundated with emails.