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Mrs. Rechie Valdez (Mississauga—Streetsville, Lib.)

Sep/20/22 2:08:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first, I would like to take a moment to welcome my colleagues back to the House of Commons. I rise today to congratulate the Canadian Cable Public Affairs Channel for celebrating its 30th anniversary. CPAC was founded in 1992 by an association of cable companies to preserve an independent voice for Canadian democracy and our democratic process. CPAC is broadcasted into the homes of nearly 11 million Canadians and is available for streaming worldwide. Every day, Canadians tune in to CPAC to get direct access to parliamentary debates, provides an opportunity to learn about the work MPs do every day and broadens their understanding of the relevant issues as they unfold. CPAC takes Canadians far beyond the headlines and provides us with compelling coverage of historic breaking events. On behalf of all MPs, I wish CPAC a very happy 30th anniversary.

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Context: House Hansard - 98 - Sep/20/22

Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)

Sep/20/22 2:18:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, free, objective information sources are essential to democracy. We cannot overstate how important and invaluable the media is. The media is so invaluable that cable companies themselves made the decision 30 years ago to come together and create an independent channel dedicated exclusively to parliamentary affairs. It is a privately owned, non-profit, ad-free service that is dedicated exclusively to broadcasting the day-to-day workings of democracy. This service, known as CPAC, is broadcast on television and online for free and is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. I want to wish CPAC and all of its staff a happy anniversary on behalf of the Bloc Québécois. I thank CPAC for being there to broadcast the historic moments and the not-so-historic ones, the big speeches and the not-so-big ones, the decisive scrums and the more meandering ones, as well as the crucial question periods and the more over-the-top ones. I also thank CPAC for giving Quebeckers and Canadians an unfiltered view of everything that goes on in the House and for showcasing our political system in the name of democracy. Happy 30th anniversary, CPAC.

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Context: House Hansard - 98 - Sep/20/22

The Speaker

Sep/20/22 3:13:15 p.m.
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I wish to draw the attention of members to the 30th anniversary of CPAC, the Cable Public Affairs Channel. CPAC has been broadcasting the debates of the House, gavel to gavel, for three decades. CPAC was originally created in 1992 by a consortium of 27 Canadian cable companies. Its primary mandate was to broadcast the proceedings of the House of Commons to millions of homes with cable, at no cost to taxpayers. Since then, CPAC has expanded to provide continued unfiltered coverage of House of Commons proceedings and parliamentary committees, as well as a multitude of other public affairs activities across the country. Despite the rapidly advancing forms of social and digital communications, CPAC continues to play a key role in keeping our fellow citizens informed about the business of Parliament. CPAC has worked in close partnership with us to ensure that Canadians have a front-row view into the very heart of our democracy. CPAC has come to play such a significant role in Canadian political life that it is truly hard to imagine that such an essential service did not always exist. Today we welcome to the gallery the members of CPAC's board of directors. On behalf of all members of Parliament, I would like to thank them for their invaluable contribution to the Canadian democratic process.

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