Mr. Chair, thank you very much.
I asked this question earlier of colleagues who were in front of the committee. I'm wondering if you could describe for the committee and Canadians how you see the state of journalism today in 2017. We talked a little bit about the pressures and the financial or structural changes in terms of employment contracts. Some members had conversations with stakeholders like Unifor, who are quite concerned on the financial side about the sustainability of the profession as an independent pillar of our democracy as it is currently structured. Where do you see that going in the next half decade or so? What's the current trend? I see this bill as an element of protecting the profession, but there are other components that the committee should be mindful of as we deliberate on what we should do with this particular instrument.