Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for appearing today.
Professor Wagner, if it's okay, I'll start with you.
I'm sure you've been studying this for the past couple of years now. It's been awhile that the Conservative Party leader has been attacking mainstream media and journalists with the intention to mislead and make Canadians believe that the news networks they have trusted for many years are no longer trustworthy.
Can you comment on the danger this presents to the state of Canada's information ecosystem and our democracy?