Canadian Heritage committee  The injection of up to $800 million into the system was something the minister suggested, and other commentators have said that's probably in the right ballpark. That growing overall pie of industry broadcaster distribution contributions is obviously going to be divided up in a

Canadian Heritage committee  In terms of what our emphasis on lobbying has been—and I guess we haven't been loud enough about it—it's that the government needs to move very quickly from this bill to the next bill that they've promised, which is a bill modelled on the Australian model or otherwise, which will

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Shields, it's not taxpayers' money that we're proposing to go to local news; it's industry contributions from all the broadcasters, foreign or otherwise, [Technical difficulty—Editor] point.

Canadian Heritage committee  We have, sir.

Canadian Heritage committee  Do you mean in terms of our proposal today? I hope I made it as clear as I could—

Canadian Heritage committee  We'll certainly send our previous materials to you, sir. To the extent that you've raised this point and it's been discussed, I think the minister addressed it in his previous appearance before the committee, that the [Technical difficulty—Editor] was starting to turn around the

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question. Earlier in the proceedings, Mr. Strati, from Bell, remarked that the business model supporting local news has been failing. It has failed. Collectively, the major broadcasters have had an 8% loss margin for the last eight years, and it's not getting

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, absolutely.

Canadian Heritage committee  The reason we've suggested an amendment, as opposed to a repeal of this section, is that it obviously needs to be modified if it's to recognize and take into account the reality that foreign streamers are part of the system. To repeal it outright is a very dangerous thing to do,