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House Hansard - 263

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 6, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 263 - Dec/6/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Dec/6/23 2:33:46 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Mr. Speaker, as a government, we have always supported CBC/Radio-Canada and the services it provides to local communities across the country. One of the first measures we took as government was to cancel the Harper government's cuts to our public broadcaster. Supporting local news and journalists during these difficult times for the industry is exactly why we introduced Bill C‑18. While the Leader of the Opposition celebrates Canadian families being laid off, we will continue to support local journalists and local news in Canada. We are very open to working with the Bloc Québécois on this, as always.
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Context: House Hansard - 263 - Dec/6/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Dec/6/23 2:35:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the leader of the Bloc Québécois knows full well, we will always be here to stand up for Canada's two official languages. We are going to focus special attention on protecting French, including French in Quebec. CBC/Radio-Canada has an important mandate in this area. We are concerned about the situation confronting all of our media outlets these days, what with digitization, web giants and the Conservatives' attacks on the media, especially on CBC/Radio-Canada. We will always be here to stand up for journalism as an essential pillar of our democracy.
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Context: House Hansard - 263 - Dec/6/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • Dec/6/23 3:22:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think if you seek it, you will find unanimous consent for the following motion: Given that the CBC announced it is cutting 600 jobs, and 250 of these jobs— Some hon. members: No.
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Context: House Hansard - 263 - Dec/6/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • Dec/6/23 3:22:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there must be a misunderstanding, because surely the Liberals do not want to give bonuses to the CBC executives while they are killing jobs of CBC workers. The problem is that they have not listened to the motion. Clearly, killing jobs of the people working for the CBC while giving bonuses to the executives is not what they are calling for. Some hon. members: Oh, oh! Hon. Pierre Poilievre: Oh, that is what they are calling for. What a terrible shame.
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