Canadian Heritage committee  No. We will resend it.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely.

Canadian Heritage committee  Al Jazeera did a documentary about the media in Canada a couple of years ago and featured us as one of the few critical voices of industry in Canada. I think it's an accurate portrayal that we're a critical voice in a country where the large newspaper chain has been a very suppor

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, absolutely. Honestly, when we came out of the gate in our first year, we didn't know whether the National Observer could work. It could easily have failed, but it didn't. It has really been a test. Next year we could decide that we are going to start covering women's issues,

Canadian Heritage committee  Right.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's been really hard; really hard. Last August we got to the point where I thought we were going to have to close. I had expected an investment that didn't come in, and I thought, okay, that's it. At that point, I got together with my advisory board, and they said, no, they did

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  There's The Globe and Mail as well. We try to scoop The Globe and Mail. They don't like it when we scoop them.

Canadian Heritage committee  Our subscriptions are $12.99 a month, and there's a reduced yearly rate, 20% off.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's such an interesting question. I think the honest answer is that we're all competing against each other now. It often seems crazy, because our budget is so tiny, but we do compete with Postmedia. We had six million readers in Canada alone in our first year from the National

Canadian Heritage committee  For sure.

Canadian Heritage committee  Honestly, it's hard to get my own personal feelings out of the way on this. As an American who immigrated to Canada, I'm so grateful for all the things Canada has given and is giving me. CBC is just such a fundamental part of Canada that I hesitate to criticize it. However, the

Canadian Heritage committee  If I may, I wanted to add that in the U.S., their structures are different. There is less of a demand on journalism companies and projects in the U.S. that do go with a non-profit structure or a charitable structure. They can get tax deductions for contributions without such narr

Canadian Heritage committee  I think I would have to get back to you. I'd be happy to follow up in a written statement on that. From what I know, it's just to do with the tax law. We just have different [Technical difficulty--Editor] charitable.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think that problem has escalated dramatically over the last year in the U.S. It was probably going on longer than we really knew it was going on. We didn't really understand the ramifications completely, until now. I think part of the problem is that when you have a small com