Mr. Chairman, I would like to discuss this motion.
As you know, over the past few weeks and months, we discussed the status of official language communities within the committee. When we were in Sudbury, the question was raised by the editor and chief of the newspaper Le Voyageur. I was not aware of this matter until then.
In order to assist the official language communities, Canada Post contributed funds that allowed for a variety of things, including for publications mailed to receive a subsidy to lower the cost of mailing out newspapers and magazines.
It is definitely very important to our communities, because they are often located in rural areas and do not necessarily have much money. If the subsidy is no longer paid by Canada Post, it would mean one of two things: either we would have to stop publishing, and hence eliminate some services to the people, or else increase costs, which would mean that people would have to pay more for access to the publications.
That is then the subject of my motion.