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House Hansard - 309

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 6, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • May/6/24 2:26:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, creative staff at Radio-Canada are worried. The cultural sector is worried. The Government of Quebec is discussing catastrophic scenarios. The plan to bring the CBC and Radio-Canada closer together is ruffling feathers and looks more like a plan to rescue the CBC on the back of Radio-Canada. It is no surprise, given that the CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, appointed by the Liberals, has never been afraid to attack Radio-Canada. Internally, they are saying that everything is on the table, including programming and leadership. Can the Prime Minister commit to maintaining the independence of Radio-Canada with respect to the CBC?
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • May/6/24 2:26:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will repeat what I said last week: In no way are the services to Canada's francophone population, whether in Quebec or outside Quebec, going to be affected by internal restructuring at CBC/Radio-Canada. It surprises me to hear the Bloc Québécois taking more or less the same position as the Conservatives, that we need to completely separate the CBC and Radio-Canada and, while we are at it, completely defund the CBC. I do not understand where the Bloc Québécois is going with this. It makes no sense.
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • May/6/24 2:27:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there is the official narrative and then there is anonymous information. What we learned from La Presse is that nothing is off the table in this supposed effort to bring the two entities closer together, not even programming, and that there is indeed talk of a management merger. That means a single management team for the French and English networks. When we mix French and English in Canada, English always ends up taking precedence, while French takes a back seat. Will the Prime Minister put a stop to this very dangerous idea of bringing the CBC and Radio-Canada closer together?
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • May/6/24 2:28:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to point out that the Conservatives are applauding when the Bloc Québécois talks about separating the CBC from Radio-Canada and completely defunding the CBC. What is happening? Why is the Bloc Québécois so aligned with the Conservatives on something as fundamental as our public broadcaster, Radio-Canada? They were never able to protect Radio-Canada from the Harper Conservatives, and they will not be able to do any better now. On this side of the House, we have said that we will always protect French programming and content. What we want is more French content, not to reduce funding.
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