44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 11, 2024 10:00AM
- 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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- 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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- Jun/11/24 2:43:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have always supported the NFB over the years because we know how important it is to nurture the next generation of Quebec and Canadian filmmakers.
As a matter of fact, all the names my colleague mentioned highlight the level of talent, diversity and quality we have here in Quebec and Canada. We will continue to support them. That is why we have increased virtually all our cultural budgets. We know how important that is.
We do it because we believe in our talent, we believe in the importance of culture. We are going to keep doing it.
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- 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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- Jun/11/24 2:45:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I commend the work of the filmmakers in the coalition and of all those in Quebec who continually stand up to ask institutions to give them adequate support.
Our government is listening. We have proven that with budget after budget since 2015 by bringing in new supports, including support for Telefilm Canada. We support the NFB and we have added money to the Canada Media Fund. All of this is to ensure that there is diversity in terms of content and that filmmakers are able to bring their talent to our screens and promote Quebec and Canada around the world.
We will continue to be there for our culture industry.
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- Jun/11/24 2:45:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the average doctor is $300,000 in debt from medical school, and the Ontario Medical Association said that the latest NDP-Liberal tax grab would put “further pressures on the viability and sustainability of a fragile system” and “could force existing physicians out of practice and dissuade new grads from practicing in Canada.”
Canadians are in the midst of a health care crisis. Why is the Minister of Finance making it harder for Canadians to find a family doctor?
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- Jun/11/24 2:46:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the critic for his first question in almost a year on the matter of the health care crisis in this country. I can tell him that it is extremely important that nurses, doctors and everybody pay the same tax rate. We want to make sure it is fair. We have been making critical investments, in every province and every territory, of $200 billion. However, in order to make those investments in our health care system, we need a fair and just tax system. We are making sure we do that precisely so that we can make the investments and not have the cuts we would see with the Conservatives.
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- Jun/11/24 2:47:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, every week I speak to Canadians who do not have a family doctor. How is this fair? The elderly, Canadians with chronic diseases, Canadians with mental health struggles, kids with cancer; none of them can access the health care system. How is this fair? The Canadian Medical Association says things are only going to get worse. They say this tax would jeopardize efforts to recruit and retain doctors.
As physicians leave this country en masse, how many Canadians will go without health care due to this NDP-Liberal tax grab?
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- Jun/11/24 2:47:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a fair and just tax system will not threaten our health care system. What will threaten our health care system is eliminating dental care for seniors, eliminating pharmacare and cutting into health care, and that is exactly what we have seen from the Conservatives. We were able to make, for the next 10 years, 200 billion dollars' worth of investments with provinces and territories. Those are put at direct risk and jeopardy because of Conservative cuts. I find it interesting that the only time they have ever asked health care questions in this House is when we started talking about fairness and making sure that everybody pays their fair share.
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- Jun/11/24 2:48:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of this Prime Minister, more than 2.3 million people in Quebec do not have a family doctor. According to the Journal de Montréal, a retiree named Serge Gagné was told, “You don't belong here. You don't have a family doctor.”
The Canadian Medical Association made it clear that, given the ongoing doctor shortage, “These changes could jeopardize ongoing efforts across Canada to recruit and retain a high-quality health workforce.”
How many families, mothers and seniors will this Prime Minister force to go without a doctor because doctors choose to practise elsewhere?
How is that fair to Mr. Gagné?
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- Jun/11/24 2:49:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this is the first time the Conservative Party has asked questions about our health care system. I find that very interesting because, from my perspective, the threat to that system is not fairness or equality; the threat is costs, pure and simple. The Conservatives want to cancel major investments in dental care, pharmacare and agreements with every province and territory.
We must continue to invest in our health care system.
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- Jun/11/24 2:49:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of this Prime Minister, Quebec farmers are crying out for help. Canadian farmers have been clear. They are saying that, by increasing the capital gains inclusion rate to two-thirds, the government is jeopardizing the success of real intergenerational farm transfers to young farmers across Canada.
The Prime Minister wants to tax farmers in the midst of a food-pricing crisis. The Prime Minister wants to jeopardize the future of farming in the regions.
How is that fair for future generations of farmers?
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- Jun/11/24 2:50:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as the daughter of a farmer, I understand our farmers' situation.
I want to point out that we increased the lifetime exemption for farmers. I also want to point out that Quebec had a choice and that the Quebec finance minister decided to follow the federal government's lead on capital gains because Quebec needs revenue, for example for health care.
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- Jun/11/24 2:51:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Jean-René Patry is 80 years old. He has worked his entire life and is still working, although he is starting to feel tired. Even though he works, he is forced to live in his van. With his pension and earnings from odd-jobs, an apartment in Montreal is now beyond his means. All of that is the result of the Liberals and the Conservatives leaving housing in the hands of speculators. Mr. Patry knows full well what is needed: social housing, and the sooner the better. Thousands of people just like him are no longer able to put a roof over their heads.
What does the Minister of Housing have to say to all the people like Mr. Patry across Quebec and Canada?
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- Jun/11/24 2:51:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would tell Mr. Patry that today is a day that will go down in history. Today we are going to implement tax measures that will ensure fairness and allow us to invest in housing, health care and medication. I hope the NDP will follow our lead.
What we are doing today is making sure that we are going to call on multi-millionaires to do a little more to help Mr. Patry.
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- Jun/11/24 2:52:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over one million Canadians with disabilities cannot afford bare necessities. They cannot keep up with groceries, housing or their medication costs.
The Liberals promised that their new Canada disability benefit would lift Canadians with disabilities out of poverty; it will not. The $200 does not even scratch the surface of an adequate income.
Will the finance minister admit the Liberals messed up the rollout of this benefit, listen to the community feedback and fix their botched mess?
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- Jun/11/24 2:53:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for her question.
We are the government that has brought in the disability benefit. We are the government that has funded this benefit within this budget, to the highest tune of $6 billion. There will be 600,000 Canadians who will be supported through this benefit.
This is a critical moment for Canadians, for our government and for all of us working together. I want to thank all who have been advocating and working for this. We are building a fairer and more inclusive Canada.
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- Jun/11/24 2:53:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadian families know that the Liberal government will be there to support them when they need it most.
Government programs, such as $10-a-day child care and a pharmacare system that helps to pay for contraceptives, have allowed a record number of women to enter the workforce. This is huge for Canadian families and the economy.
Can the Minister of Families notify this House how we will continue to advance this progress and further enhance generational fairness?
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- Jun/11/24 2:54:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we are proud of the programs that we have put in place to help Canadian families get ahead. Generational fairness means asking the most fortunate Canadians to pay a little more. It means ensuring that our tax system is fair.
Today, Conservatives have made it clear that they are not in favour of fairness. They would rather cancel $10-a-day child care, cancel our national school food program and cancel dental care for those who need it. Really, this is definitely not fair for Canadians.
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- Jun/11/24 2:54:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' increase in the capital gains inclusion rate from 50% to 67% is a direct attack on Canadian farm families.
The Liberals like to claim that this will only impact the ultra-rich, but that just is not true. This will impact family farms and young farmers who are just trying to take over the family farm. The average grain farm will easily exceed the lifetime exemption rate.
This tax increase is not fair and will jeopardize the economic viability of farm families and our rural communities. Will the Prime Minister end his attack on family farms that are just trying to put food on our table?
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