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House Hansard - 339

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 19, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Sep/19/24 11:18:56 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. I also appreciate the brevity of her answer just now. I do have a question for her, though, because the Liberals suddenly have a new-found passion for co-op housing. They displayed a glimmer of interest in more housing co-ops six months ago in April 2024, but, since 2017—
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
Ms. Andréanne Larouche (Shefford, BQ)
  • Sep/19/24 1:44:36 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from London—Fanshawe, with whom I have worked on this file, notably as part of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. What strikes me about her speech—what strikes me again today—is that we are still talking about this in 2024, when in 2015, before the Liberals even came to power, the Conservatives knew things about the general. The things they knew were simply accepted and tolerated. There was a report by Justice Deschamps. Even Justice Arbour, when she was appointed, said that recommendations had already been made several years earlier, yet she was asked to produce another report. Does my colleague agree that the real lack of political will to change the culture within the armed forces is why we are still talking about this today, in 2024?
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Sep/19/24 2:03:44 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the Copyright Act. It might seem perfectly reasonable to everyone that an act of such importance to artists, authors, writers, musicians and so many others should be modernized, but no. The industry has been lobbying the government for years with simple proposals, yet nothing has budged. Modernization, however, would inject $10 million more a month into the cultural sector. Last night, I was honoured to host a reception on the Hill attended by members of the copyright community. They fail to understand why the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry still refuses to listen. Unless we properly and fairly compensate our artists, writers, filmmakers, composers, authors and all others, our culture will slowly disappear. The ball is in the minister's court. It may not be too late, unless he wants to be remembered as the minister who did nothing when he had the chance to do something. Happy 100th anniversary to the Copyright Act.
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