Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much to our guests for being here today to discuss the issue of this important region.
Ms. Dobner, if I understood your answer to my colleague Mr. Chong's question earlier, there is a significant Russian influence in the region. I understand that this influence manifests itself in various ways, particularly on a cultural level.
The first time I served as Minister of Canadian Heritage, I had a very interesting conversation with the Ukrainian minister of culture. He was very interested in what was known at the time as Bill C‑10, which became Bill C‑11, the Online Streaming Act. He was especially interested in the part requiring the web giants to promote Quebec and Canadian cultural content. He said he found this very interesting because Canada was doing this to protect itself from the American giant, whereas he, in Ukraine, had to deal with two giants: an American giant, like everyone else on the planet, and a Russian giant on the other side of the border.
I wonder if one of Canada's contributions could be to work with some of these governments to share our experience in this area and show them how to use this kind of mechanism as a sort of a shield. It certainly won't solve all the problems of Russian interference, but it could at least solve some of them.