Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to welcome you to the committee.
To begin with, we received a letter dated April 26 from the Association de la presse francophone. I see that we have scheduled one hour for the minister on Thursday's agenda despite having asked that he be available for two hours. He will, therefore, be present for only one hour. So we have another hour available to us. In my opinion, I think it is important that representatives from the Association de la presse francophone appear. The members of this association want to meet with the committee with respect to the funding that has been eliminated.
I asked the minister this question yesterday and he told me that there had been no cutback. However, this is completely contradictory to the comments that we have been receiving with respect to this issue. I would recommend that representatives from this association meet with us so that we can discuss the situation. If we have some time, perhaps we could discuss this matter later on.