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House Hansard - 163

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 17, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 163 - Feb/17/23
Mr. Chris Bittle (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Feb/17/23 11:59:19 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, today we learned that 240 jobs have been cut in the media sector in Quebec. That is 240 families that have lost revenue they were counting on. Our hearts are with them. This is happening too often. It is time that tech giants pay their fair share toward our culture. It is time to level the playing field. Bill C-11 is about that. What have the Conservatives been doing the last year? They have been filibustering. The hon. member's own seatmate acknowledged in the House of Commons that she has been filibustering this whole time. Where has the hon. member been this last year to stand up for Quebeckers, Canadians and artists across the country? He has been absent.
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Context: House Hansard - 163 - Feb/17/23
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Feb/17/23 11:59:55 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, I encourage the government to be a bit more consistent. First my colleague says that we are filibustering, and then he says that we have done nothing, that we are asleep. It cannot be both. In any case, what we have done is neither one nor the other. We have done our parliamentary work. As we speak, the National Assembly of Quebec is asking to be heard by this government on Bill C‑11, to ensure that Quebec has a voice. If the Bloc Québécois is okay with giving the federal government all of the power, that is its choice. However, we want Quebec to be heard. We have been asking for this for five days now. Will the government hold a parliamentary committee meeting to listen to Quebec and also to review the Senate amendments?
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Context: House Hansard - 163 - Feb/17/23
Mr. Chris Bittle (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Feb/17/23 12:00:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, the Canadian heritage committee has been discussing this for a year, in both the House and the Senate. The hon. member has been absent and has just taken notice of it this week, after the past year of debating it. In Quebec, artists have called upon the government, and the Quebec National Assembly has twice called upon Parliament, to expedite Bill C-11, but all we have seen from the other side is delay, blocking and filibustering. There have been no solutions from the other side. It is amazing that the member has stepped up this week to say that he cares, when over the last year he has been silent.
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