Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we can follow up to give you a number for that, Mr. Julian. I can confirm that we do pay all the taxes we're required to pay in Canada. That includes corporate tax. That includes payroll tax. That includes GST and HST. Mr. Julian, we do pay our taxes in Canada. I can give you that figure once I've followed up to get it.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we have met with some MPs and some senators to discuss our concerns with Bill C-18, and all of those interactions and engagements are recorded in the lobbyist registry, as required by Canadian law.

Canadian Heritage committee  Look, Mr. Champoux, we would love to meet with you about Bill C-18, and we can certainly rectify that very quickly. We'd love to have a conversation with you about it and about the amendments we've proposed.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I can answer that. We do have cross-functional teams working to understand the legislation and to prepare for the removal of news on our platforms, yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  I can only speak for the Canadian team. We have not been asked to sign anything like the NDAs you referenced.

Canadian Heritage committee  We have a broad cross-functional team, Mr. Housefather, working on this file, working to understand the legislation, working to prepare for the ending of the availability of news on our platforms, so it is a large team, yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Housefather. I don't know if you're referring to specific documents. Certainly that team's work is under way, and in the normal course of business, they would be, of course, recording the work they do.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. As my colleague Mr. Chan said, we're working to comply with the committee's order for document production. We've just got to make sure that we respect confidentiality and various other legal considerations, so we're taking the advice of our legal counsel on this and working very closely with them to make sure that what we're providing is in accordance with all of the laws and rules around these documents.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Housefather. I can confirm that the way Australia unfolded was not ideal. There were some technical errors made in the way that we removed news from our platform. We fully intend that those errors will not be made in the Canadian context, and we're preparing very carefully to ensure that this is the case.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we are.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mrs. Thomas. We have proposed a list of amendments, both to this committee and to the Senate. I'm sorry. Madam Chair...?

Canadian Heritage committee  Oh, I'm sorry, Madam Chair. Yes, we have proposed a list of amendments to this committee and to the Senate committee looking at the bill. One of our primary concerns with the bill in the amendments we have proposed is to scope out what we call publisher-posted content, which is content that's posted voluntarily by news publishers to our platforms, whether it's written text, hyperlinks or audiovisual content.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question, Mrs. Thomas. Part of our concern with the online news act, with Bill C-18, is the fact that it ties the fate and the fortunes of the Canadian news sector to the fortunes of two American technology companies. We think that one of the major flaws with the legislation, as you've stated, is in fact that it makes the news sector almost entirely dependent on foreign technology companies.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question, Mrs. Thomas. That is the way the legislation is drafted. That's certainly what the minister has indicated also. It's that this legislation is intended to apply to two American technologies companies, which are Google and Meta. I understand there may be some room to scope in other platforms or other technology companies, but for now, very clearly it's directed at Google and at Meta.