Yes, Mr. Chair.
Can you hear me in the language in which you wish to hear me, Mr. Crawley? Yes? Good.
I guess we lost a little time. So I'm going to ask my question again pretty quickly.
In my riding, there are a lot of weekly newspaper owners. Most of their income comes from advertising. Right now they are losing about 90% of their revenue, if not more. The federal government put in place a $30-million advertising placement program for all of Canada, whereas in the provinces, for example in Quebec, there is another $30-million plan for Quebec alone.
We hear that information is essential. Wouldn't it be simpler and faster to enhance this program expeditiously and buy a lot of advertising quickly so as to benefit major dailies like yours, weeklies in all the small counties, and local radio stations?
I'd like to hear what you have to say about that, Mr. Crawley.