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House Hansard - 167

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 9, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 167 - Mar/9/23
Mr. Taylor Bachrach (Skeena—Bulkley Valley, NDP)
  • Mar/9/23 3:31:18 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, since the 1970s, the Government of Canada has regulated television broadcasters and radio broadcasters. When people turn on the radio, a certain amount of the content that they listen to has to be Canadian content. People may agree or disagree with those rules, but I have never heard it characterized as censorship. I wonder if my hon. colleague down the way would consider those rules around Canadian content, which we have had since before I was born, to be censorship.
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Context: House Hansard - 167 - Mar/9/23
Mr. Blake Desjarlais
  • Mar/9/23 5:26:19 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for highlighting some of the important organizations. I want to mention that corporations, particularly American-owned corporations like Disney+, Netflix and some of the other major producers and streaming services, would seek to ensure that they are not regulated and would not have to contribute to our existing art scene here in Canada. However, this legislation would give that regulation to ensure that Canadian content is present on those services. It is an important piece of Canadiana. It something we see on our cable television, something that is required for our radio, but it is not something that is required on our streaming services. We also see Conservatives continuously defend these corporations, which otherwise would see finances derived from their profits go to the small producers and artists across the country. Could the member speak to how important it is to support artists on the ground, grassroots artists, and to ensure that they have the financial ability to do that?
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