Canadian Heritage committee  Well, I am so glad we live in a liberal democracy and operate in a market economy. As you can appreciate, any kind of commercial arrangement we have struck with partners is subject to the law and rule of law. I cannot do that, as much as.... I believe you may have asked somebody

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm sorry, Mr. Shields.... Do people buy advertising to place it on Facebook? Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, Mr. Shields, I don't know the precise number, but obviously I've seen advertising from the Government of Canada on our site, so I presume there's some amount of that, yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  I am not aware, as well. I think what's important, though—

Canadian Heritage committee  I want to talk to you about the substance of the bill.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would just put it this way, I guess. In 2017, 5% of content was potentially in the news domain. It has now moved to 3%.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't have that. We don't keep track of that. But what I can tell you—

Canadian Heritage committee  I guess I can answer it, if you will allow me, in a different way, which is to say that Canadians tell us they want less news on Facebook, not more. We are moving to meet that request.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think we have.... We've been clear about this since February 2021. We can look to see if there's anything. It is not only the stated preference of Canadians on Facebook, but maybe if you will permit me to actually share a study—

Canadian Heritage committee  We did it in order to incentivize a more robust digital transition so that we would not be in a situation where legacy media sort of continued the same approach—

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's important to indicate that, on Facebook, what you see are the conversations and exchanges of 21 million Canadians. They are their opinions, and they are their communications to one another and to friends and family. I think that's what you see on Facebook. Having sa

Canadian Heritage committee  I think this legislation is—

Canadian Heritage committee  Oh, I didn't realize that. I thought it was open to Meta.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm—

Canadian Heritage committee  Oh, I'm listening very carefully.