Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely.

Canadian Heritage committee  The recommendation around the commission?

Canadian Heritage committee  The size and composition of the CRTC?

Canadian Heritage committee  We thought a lot about what it takes to have effective collegial decision-making and how we can enhance the collegiality and effectiveness of decision-making at the CRTC. That is embodied in recommendation four. However, we recognized that in terms of ensuring that the CRTC has

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, it's up to nine commissioners, with broad representation from different parts of the country. The only change we've made is that they should be required to live in the national capital region for the term of their office, because—

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  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  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  It's yours.

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