Madam Speaker, I have here the amendment proposed by my colleague.
Personally, I have nothing against conducting an inquiry into the consequences of defunding CBC/Radio-Canada. I think that could be a very interesting and relevant study in committee. As to whether I will support the amendment, right now I can only say that I will think about it. If we are going to go back to committee to study that, I would like us to also think about the impacts of news coverage in media deserts. We know that there are a number of regions that have no news coverage at all.
I would also like to address another component of my colleague's question, which was more of a comment on the benefits of a quality public broadcaster. We are all glued to our screens for major international sports competitions. We all watch the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. We are all very happy to watch these things. However, the costs, including the cost of sending teams to Paris, for example, to cover this summer's Olympic Games, are exorbitant. If we did not have a public broadcaster to offer quality coverage, I do not know who we would turn to; probably a foreign giant. That is one of the benefits of having a quality public broadcaster.