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House Hansard - 48

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 29, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 48 - Mar/29/22
Mr. Maninder Sidhu (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.)
  • Mar/29/22 10:07:38 a.m.
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Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), and consistent with the current policy on the tabling of treaties in Parliament, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the treaties entitled “Acts of the Second Extraordinary Congress of the Universal Postal Union”, done at Addis Ababa on September 7, 2018; “Acts of the Third Extraordinary Congress of the Universal Postal Union”, done at Geneva on September 26, 2019; and “Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the French Republic Concerning the Deployment of In-Flight Security Officers”, done at Paris on January 19, 2022.
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Context: House Hansard - 48 - Mar/29/22
Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, NDP)
  • Mar/29/22 3:08:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Federal Court of Appeal handed down a ruling. The government cannot just abandon its responsibilities by offloading the provision of services in French onto the provinces. While francophones in British Columbia and across Canada were rejoicing, the federal government was preparing a nasty surprise for them: The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada. That is unacceptable. When will the government acknowledge its mistakes and restore services in French for British Columbia's francophones?
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Context: House Hansard - 48 - Mar/29/22
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Mar/29/22 4:44:12 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I believe we feel the same way about this bill, which is very important for the discoverability of French-language content and is essential for Quebec artists. Members may not know this, but I used to be an actor. I have friends who really struggled during the pandemic, and this is a fundamental bill. I would like to address something else with my colleague. He stated that platforms such as Facebook and Google are siphoning off advertising revenues. A recent UNESCO report found that Google and Facebook now soak up no less than half of all global digital advertising spending. This bill does not address that threat. The fact that these major global platforms account for half of all advertising spending is a threat to democracy and independent media. Does my colleague believe that it is time to pass legislation to address this issue as quickly as possible?
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