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House Hansard - 32

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 16, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 32 - Feb/16/22
Mr. Sébastien Lemire (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, BQ)
  • Feb/16/22 4:41:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for his speech and his willingness to quickly reintroduce this bill that is so important to Quebec's industry. In Quebec, there is a high demand for French-language made-in-Quebec that is tailored to Quebeckers' tastes. However, industry players are deeply concerned about the intense pressure of the rising cost of local production and the ability to pay the production crew. They have to compete with big corporations like Netflix, which have extremely deep pockets. By putting everyone on the same footing, we are forgetting the principles that were listed in the minister's speech, the principles of equity for smaller broadcasters that will not be able to keep spending the way they are now to support Quebec creators. There are two messages here: the importance of local broadcasters in our system, but also the matter of taxing Netflix just like everybody else. Did the minister think about excluding the second part from his bill? Why was that not done?
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Context: House Hansard - 32 - Feb/16/22
Hon. Pablo Rodriguez
  • Feb/16/22 4:42:37 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question and thank the members of the Bloc Québécois for their sincere commitment to culture. I have had a number of discussions with my colleague across the way, the official opposition heritage critic. These have been constructive discussions, since we ultimately have the same goal. We may have different opinions on how to get there, but we very much agree on the objectives. I would even say that we agree on many aspects of Bill C‑11. As for my colleague's question, by requiring these online streaming companies to make no more and no less than a fair and equitable contribution to our culture, we will ensure that there is more money for all systems, which includes francophone broadcasters.
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Mr. Kody Blois (Kings—Hants, Lib.)
  • Feb/16/22 5:09:39 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his remarks and for speaking in French. It is wonderful to see parliamentarians work on improving their skills in both official languages. With respect to freedom of expression, the Minister of Canadian Heritage made it clear in his remarks that Bill C‑11, like the bill in the previous Parliament, is designed to make digital giants contribute to Canadian content, not to restrict freedom of expression. Does the Conservative Party of Canada agree with the idea that broadcasters should support Canadian content?
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Ms. Julie Dzerowicz
  • Feb/16/22 6:31:12 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for his advocacy for everything to do with arts and culture in this country. As I mentioned, in my riding, we have so many artists that anything to do with this sector is very important. The objective of this bill is to bring online streaming services under the jurisdiction of the Broadcasting Act. It is to modernize a very outdated piece of legislation and make sure that we treat our broadcasters the same as our online streaming services. That is the key objective of this legislation.
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