I'm trying to figure out how it is that even though in this committee we have the ability to study whatever we would like within the mandate of the Department of Canadian Heritage, and all those matters related, we could not in this group among us have a conversation and engage with the stakeholders to think about having a national forum on the media that is led by the sector. We should not be leading that conversation. The sector should be. We should be empowering them and working with them. The sector should be leading that conversation. The committee should be inviting folks to have this conversation.
If there is a grammatical tweak, I am happy to look at what a grammatical tweak would look like. I think there is an important distinction here between the committee's determining the appropriateness of the news sector's doing something and having the sector tell us what they think. I think Mr. Champoux's comments are bang on.
I am open to working with others, if we agree on the spirit of what we're trying to do, on whether there's a grammatical or a linguistic shift that will get us to the same outcome. Perhaps I'm too close to it and can't see it, but I welcome comments from others who have constructive feedback on how we can improve that.