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Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

May/11/22 8:13:09 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Mr. Speaker, this evening I rise as an artist. People may not realize this, but in Montreal, 80% of the members of the artists' union earn less than $20,000 per year. That is kind of a big deal. At one point in her life, a few years ago, Sylvie Drapeau, a hugely famous stage actor in Quebec, was getting cast in all the biggest roles. She played the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, the Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. She played lead roles in the evening and rehearsed during the day. Even when she was playing starring roles in all the top productions, she was earning just $35,000 per year, and she is an outstanding actor, probably one of the greatest actors Canada has ever known. Artists are starving, and the pandemic made things even harder. What does my colleague think about the fact that we could have passed Bill C‑11 a year ago, which would have helped artists struggling to get by? I used a stage actor as an example, but the pandemic has also been very hard on television actors and musicians. What does my colleague think about the fact that, when the Liberals called an election, they delayed a bill that was needed to help our artists in Quebec and Canada earn a living?

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Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

May/11/22 9:14:26 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Mr. Speaker, I think my Conservative friends hate culture. I think they do not like culture, that they do not like our artists. It is true. At the ADISQ gala two years ago, Pierre Lapointe revealed something that drew a lot of attention. He said that he had been paid $500 for the song Je déteste ma vie, which got a million plays on Spotify. Pierre Lapointe is a huge artist. We have plenty of artists in Quebec, including Ariane Moffatt, les Cowboys fringants, and Coeur de pirate, who make videos, broadcast songs on Spotify and do very well. Our Conservative friends think that this bill is just for losers, but that is not true. It is there to fund Quebec's great artists who cannot get paid in the system the way it is set up right now. When will our Conservative friends understand that?

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Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

May/11/22 9:42:32 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Madam Speaker, my colleague said that what scares him about this bill is the CRTC's new powers. The Conservatives quoted experts who think there might actually be no need for legislation to accomplish the goal of boosting the discoverability of francophone and Canadian content. I would like my colleague to help me understand exactly which of the CRTC's new powers are a problem for the Conservatives.

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Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

May/11/22 11:00:27 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Madam Speaker, I give up. I am sick and tired of this. After listening to the Conservatives talk for three hours, I will surrender to their arguments. If Parliament adopts Bill C‑11, Canada will become a dictatorship, the thought police will be out, no one will be able to publish anything, no artists will be able to release their music on Spotify, no filmmakers will be able to get views, we will be terrorized into submission, and freedom of expression will disappear. That will be it. Way to go, the Conservatives got me. I am tired of this. All of that said, we still need to help artists. We need to protect them. As I mentioned earlier, Pierre Lapointe was paid $500 for one million plays. That is unacceptable and we must do something about it. What does my Conservatives colleague suggest we do about this?

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