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House Hansard - 279

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 9, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 279 - Feb/9/24
Hon. Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Feb/9/24 11:21:05 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there is so much good news that I feel compelled to repeat it. Here is the good news for Canadians. There were 37,000 new jobs in January. This means a total of 345,000 more jobs than last year. The unemployment rate is down to 5.7%. Wages rose by 5.3% in January, and women saw a 6.2% wage increase. We are bringing home big paycheques for more people working in Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 279 - Feb/9/24
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
Mr. Speaker, the media crisis has once again swept away a part of our news media and a part of our democracy. Bell is laying off 4,800 employees. This comes on the heels of more than 500 job cuts at Quebecor and 600 at CBC/Radio-Canada. The entire industry has been imploding for years with no meaningful response by the federal government. Bill C‑11 is having no apparent impact because the CRTC is making zero progress on the regulatory framework. Bill C‑18 is all well and good, and we will happily accept Google's millions, but the job cuts continue. When is the government going to take action?
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Context: House Hansard - 279 - Feb/9/24
Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Feb/9/24 11:26:21 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my Bloc Québécois colleague that we have been taking action since we came to power in 2015, with the full co-operation of the Bloc Québécois on a host of files. Earlier on, she mentioned the Broadcasting Act, which we struggled to pass for three years while the Conservatives opposed it at every turn. The same can be said of the Online News Act. The Conservatives filibuster endlessly while we try to help the media.
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