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House Hansard - 247

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 6, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Nov/6/23 2:25:31 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Mr. Speaker, last week, TVA had to lay off a third of its employees. That means that 547 people who work in Quebec television are losing their jobs just like that. This is a disaster. If it happened at TVA, it is going to happen elsewhere too. This is definitely going to happen again. We will not turn a blind eye and say that the new Broadcasting Act or Bill C‑18 is going to fix everything. The question is simple. Will the government stand by while our television slowly dies or will it review everything to save conventional television?
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Nov/6/23 2:27:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I share my colleague's concerns. That is why we first introduced a bill to modernize the Broadcasting Act in 2020. Unfortunately, since 2020, the Conservatives have been obstructing efforts to modernize our audiovisual landscape and news media. Still today, they continue to say that we want to censor Canadians when we really want to promote quality journalism across the country and a creative industry that is vital to our democracy and all of society.
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