Mr. Séamus Dooley:

First, I would be very slow to extend them now because of the timeframe needed, but I would have liked to see the commission operating in a number of phases. There are areas that need to be addressed such as access to the industry, addressing the gender imbalance within the industry, and training and that needs to happen fairly quickly.

We must open up access to the profession to make it more diverse. If the committee is looking for work, it should look at the terms of reference of the commission and look at areas such as those I outlined, which will not be addressed in the timeframe by the commission. It is important that we have a funded, representative and diverse media. They are some of the areas that I would like to see addressed.