Canadian Heritage committee  The government also spends a lot on advertising on Facebook and Google. For my part, I am not comfortable with this. These two American companies earn billions of dollars, but that money does nothing for Canada. These are good platforms, to be sure, but our media reach everyone.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, it is identical.

Canadian Heritage committee  Consider, for example, the Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe, which has ten or so journalists in the field and which has been reporting on the city for 164 years. In my opinion, a regional newspaper is quite simply a pillar of democracy. The rapid shift to digital advertising in the

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. We are also the publishers.

Canadian Heritage committee  It costs a lot of money.

Canadian Heritage committee  It costs a lot of money to do. It's a lot of journalists and a lot of time, and we have three journalists in our newsrooms. We do what we can do with it.

Canadian Heritage committee  Real-time bidding.

Canadian Heritage committee  No.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, François. I will introduce myself. I am Benoit Chartier, president and editor of DBC Communications. I am appearing today in a dual capacity, as I am also president of Hebdos Québec, a group of independent Quebec editors. I want to start by telling you about DBC Com