Thank you, Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for their testimony.
As was said before, Mr. Neve makes some compelling points. I'm not going to question him, but I am very interested in asking Ms. Harth a question.
We know that many people have opposed certain bills that have come through the House by the Minister of Canadian Heritage with regard to some of the foreign multinationals that have actually brought about certain information, including organizations like Netflix, etc. My concern is this: How do you balance in good legislation freedom of the press with the ability to curb disinformation and propaganda, as you say?
I would like to ask that question, and I'd like to give you the time to answer it, because I think that is at the heart of the question: How do you keep freedom of the press, and how do you do this given that the CRTC is a quasi-judicial body and cannot be made to do anything by the Government of Canada? Being a quasi-judicial body, it's in fact considered interference when the government tries to tell the CRTC exactly what to do.
How do we square that circle on freedom of the press and disinformation and propaganda on the other hand? It's a need, and I agree with the need to do it, but how do we do it? Do you have any ideas? Are there any clear ways of doing this?