Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'm going to continue with Mr. Deegan, from News Media Canada.
The Bloc Québécois is very concerned about the crisis in the media sector and the disappearance of independent local media outlets that provide local news. There seems to be a consensus across the country that we need to vastly expand the journalism labour tax credit so that we can have more journalists.
We also need to restore funding to the independent local news fund. The Bloc Québécois is asking for $37 million. However, in the last budget, despite this consensus, the Minister of Finance told us, in a very strange sentence, that he is considering maybe holding consultations to eventually arrive at something with the sector.
Can you confirm that there is a consensus in favour of these measures? Given that there was money for just about everyone in the budget, with an $80‑million deficit, can you tell me why you think local and independent media are still being ignored by the government this year?