Mr. Speaker, the House leader will also know that it is not dealing at all with issues of newspaper convergence and concentration.
This Liberal laissez faire attitude toward media concentration poses a serious threat to democracy. That is why the CEP union representing 20,000 media workers has called for an emergency meeting on the future of journalism in this country. The heritage minister will be invited to explain the government's strategies or lack thereof.
Will the minister agree to attend this meeting or, better still, will the government pre-empt the meeting by announcing a full independent inquiry--