Mr. Speaker, my question is for the heritage minister and the government House leader who promised us a reply on Friday.
Friday saw another urgent plea for the government to abandon its policies of unfettered media concentration. This plea came from 40 of Canada's greatest journalists sponsored by the Southam family. They want the government to consider tax incentives for media companies that preserve journalistic independence, measures to promote journalistic freedom and stronger tax policies to protect our culture from foreign ownership.
These things have to come from government. They are outside the terms of the standing committee study. Will the minister act on these pleas today?