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House Hansard - 329

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 11, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 329 - Jun/11/24
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Jun/11/24 2:42:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Sauvons l'ACIC coalition informed us in an open letter that the NFB has decided to modernize its independent filmmaker assistance program. Modernize should mean improve. Unfortunately, this is far from an improvement. Previously, to have access to NFB editing rooms, there were two conditions: be a filmmaker and have a project funded by a public institution. The NFB is set to impose three new conditions, including complying with its editorial policy. When a Crown corporation wants to impose a message, that is called propaganda. Is the minister going to let this slide?
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Context: House Hansard - 329 - Jun/11/24
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Jun/11/24 2:43:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Pierre Perrault, Norman McLaren, Léa Pool, Micheline Lanctôt, Denys Arcand, Pierre Falardeau and Denis Villeneuve are all Quebec filmmakers who were able to benefit from the NFB, a testing ground for daring independent cinema. It is a safe bet that none of them would measure up to the NFB's content policies nowadays. More importantly, none of them would agree to submit to them. We know that the NFB is independent. The minister does not need to remind us of that. However, we were under the impression that our cinema was independent, too. Can the minister rein in the NFB so that our filmmakers are not hemmed in by its ideological criteria?
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Context: House Hansard - 329 - Jun/11/24
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Jun/11/24 2:44:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada's independent filmmaker assistance program was working just fine. No one was complaining, but it was not quite restrictive enough for the NFB. This seems to be a running theme with Crown corporations. Letting artists be artists is no longer an option, I guess. The government has to tell them who to be, what to think, how to express themselves and on what topics. They need to adhere to a certain format and fit into certain boxes at all times. The situation with the NFB is worrisome. It makes sense that the cultural sector is rallying together and rising up. Whose side will the minister be on? Will she side with the arts or with state propaganda?
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