44th Parl. 1st Sess.

September 20, 2022 10:00AM

Mrs. Rechie Valdez (Mississauga—Streetsville, Lib.)

Sep/20/22 2:08:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first, I would like to take a moment to welcome my colleagues back to the House of Commons. I rise today to congratulate the Canadian Cable Public Affairs Channel for celebrating its 30th anniversary. CPAC was founded in 1992 by an association of cable companies to preserve an independent voice for Canadian democracy and our democratic process. CPAC is broadcasted into the homes of nearly 11 million Canadians and is available for streaming worldwide. Every day, Canadians tune in to CPAC to get direct access to parliamentary debates, provides an opportunity to learn about the work MPs do every day and broadens their understanding of the relevant issues as they unfold. CPAC takes Canadians far beyond the headlines and provides us with compelling coverage of historic breaking events. On behalf of all MPs, I wish CPAC a very happy 30th anniversary.

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Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)

Sep/20/22 2:18:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, free, objective information sources are essential to democracy. We cannot overstate how important and invaluable the media is. The media is so invaluable that cable companies themselves made the decision 30 years ago to come together and create an independent channel dedicated exclusively to parliamentary affairs. It is a privately owned, non-profit, ad-free service that is dedicated exclusively to broadcasting the day-to-day workings of democracy. This service, known as CPAC, is broadcast on television and online for free and is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. I want to wish CPAC and all of its staff a happy anniversary on behalf of the Bloc Québécois. I thank CPAC for being there to broadcast the historic moments and the not-so-historic ones, the big speeches and the not-so-big ones, the decisive scrums and the more meandering ones, as well as the crucial question periods and the more over-the-top ones. I also thank CPAC for giving Quebeckers and Canadians an unfiltered view of everything that goes on in the House and for showcasing our political system in the name of democracy. Happy 30th anniversary, CPAC.

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