Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would have to think about it more, where it best sits. Again, I think that when they happen and how they get scheduled should be an active conversation, to position them to have greater impact.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The big digital social players were absolutely engaged and on board to participate in the consortium in the last round. I think, if the question whether the consortium can look different from these four people, absolutely it can and should. It should broaden, particularly if you'

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We see defining the topics or trying to speak for Canadians or advocate on behalf of Canadians as a journalistic exercise. What has been the preoccupation in any given campaign has shifted, so it is to try to keep that independent, however you frame this exercise.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  To be clear, in 2015 the rationale was really that we were still in active conversation, and we were hopeful and confident that we would get a debate.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. In fact, in 2015 we were proposing four.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We had organized a consortium to create the widest reach of the debates to Canadians and to defray our individual costs to produce them.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Currently, CBC—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would have to pull that number. I don't have it in front of me.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would encourage flexibility. I will tell you that even from a broadcast perspective, we produce a television product and distribute it digitally, but that is no longer the reality of how people consume content. More and more, we're moving towards interactivity in the digital a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My view would be that the committee frame the conditions for a debate to happen and then we figure out the best way to connect it and engage with Canadians.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Are you referring to the CRTC, or...?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We monitor our election coverage pretty closely overall, and I don't think those are themes that we have seen play out.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't think it's fair for us to comment on how David Walmsley performed as a moderator, or the journalistic credibility of Paul Wells—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —who clearly is a very capable journalist. I think our position is to move this process forward. We can debate for hours what happened in 2015, but our understanding of the goal is for us to bring insights to this process to move it forward. What I will say on behalf of CBC/Radi