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House Hansard - 6

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 29, 2021 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 6 - Nov/29/21
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Nov/29/21 11:43:45 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-2 
Madam Speaker, my colleague is talking about SMEs and the difficulties that they have had throughout the pandemic and they might continue having, particularly with regard to the labour shortage. I am going to talk about something even more specific, and that is the cultural industry. Self-employed workers were completely overlooked this time around. These include boom microphone operators, for example. Boom microphone operators are needed to do recordings and to make movies as well as reality and other television shows. Sooner or later, these people are going to move to other sectors, which means we will lose this incredible expertise, and yet they were completely overlooked in this bill. When she talks about SMEs, is my colleague also thinking about these essential culture workers?
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Context: House Hansard - 6 - Nov/29/21
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Nov/29/21 12:12:44 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-2 
Madam Speaker, Bill C-2 does contain some good measures, particularly the support that is finally being provided to carriers that offer charter bus services. Carriers in my riding have been calling for that support from the beginning. A bus costs $700,000, and then they need maintenance, which is also expensive. When they cannot be used, it becomes even more expensive. The government has finally thought of charter operators, but it is still overlooking self-employed workers in the cultural sector, the boom operators and sound engineers and so on, who are already living in precarious situations, which have only gotten worse with the pandemic. Will my colleague and his party commit to including self-employed cultural sector workers in Bill C-2?
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