Thank you, Mr. Chair. I present a petition that has been signed by 4,147 persons. It reads:
We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to use our tax dollars to foster a more pluralistic Canadian news media by providing subsidies only to Canadian-owned publications, as a free and diverse press is essential to a healthy democracy.
The petition references five separate reports that have been made, one by a royal commission and the others by Senate and House of Commons parliamentary committees.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.