Canadian Heritage committee  In terms of advanced infrastructure, including 5G, about half the telecommunications section of the report is devoted to figuring out how to accelerate the rollout of advanced infrastructure, including 5G. We have a number of recommendations around the ways in which that infrastr

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, let me start by saying, first of all, that we really embrace the notion of an open global market. We recognize that people are getting content, including news content, from anywhere, any time, on any device they would like. The role of the CRTC is no longer one of gatekee

Canadian Heritage committee  It's yours.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll start, and then my colleague will pick up. She's worked in the production industry for many years. The main distinction we were trying to draw was between service productions and productions that count as contributing to Canadian culture. Service productions are great in th

Canadian Heritage committee  For the curators like Netflix, the idea was instead of asking them to be taxed and put money into a fund that would then be distributed, they're investing in Canada. All we're saying is, when you make those spending investments that right now are service productions, some portion

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, you covered a lot of ground in that question, so—

Canadian Heritage committee  —let me try to unpack it a little bit. It's interesting because, as you know, Telus is one of the only big players that doesn't have a content business, so I'm not sure how.... The conflict of interest is one that I really don't feel. When you look at the returns for Bell versus

Canadian Heritage committee  That was in the 1980s.

Canadian Heritage committee  However, that doesn't exclude people from different parts of the country. It just says that it's very hard for the CRTC with commissioners based in the region to really build relationships of trust and collaboration. It does not exclude people based on their geography.

Canadian Heritage committee  There is no question that it's important to ensure a broad geographic representation at the CRTC, through the way that commissioners are chosen, as well as through the public interest committee, where those members would be able to be resident in whatever region they are from. On

Canadian Heritage committee  We didn't really get into the definitions of what is urban versus rural versus remote. What we focused on in the telecom section was making sure that every Canadian, no matter where they live in Canada, has broadband connectivity. It really was a question of who doesn't have broa

Canadian Heritage committee  With respect, I think what we said is that every Canadian, every person in Canada, no matter where they live, expects and deserves to live a connected life. We've made it about the individual, not about the community.

Canadian Heritage committee  Fair enough and—

Canadian Heritage committee  If you look at our report, we really start with the principle of universality of service and we propose enshrining in the telecom act, as an objective, that everyone, no matter where they live, deserves to have universal broadband connectivity in a safe and secure environment, at

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely.