Mr. Speaker, I listened very carefully to the speech by the hon. member for Bourassa. I have just a couple of questions.
He gave a pretty good description of what a general interest station is, so I assume he means Rogers and the Shaws of the country that provide basic generic programming.
In our smaller communities, we have independent, locally owned stations providing quality programming for our local communities, with local input, and they are owned by shareholders in the community. Unfortunately, we see these larger generic stations coming in and putting them out of business.
Can the hon. member tell us how this bill protects those independent and locally owned and operated stations that provide quality local programming in our communities?