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House Hansard - 329

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 11, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 329 - Jun/11/24
Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Jun/11/24 2:42:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am well aware that the NFB is currently looking at its program that supports independent filmmakers. Its mandate is clear: to support a diversity of independent filmmakers, including French-language filmmakers. I will ensure that it continues to fulfill its mandate. I invite the filmmakers to share their concerns with NFB management, which is independent and will make decisions accordingly.
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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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