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House Hansard - 309

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 6, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • May/6/24 2:27:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there is the official narrative and then there is anonymous information. What we learned from La Presse is that nothing is off the table in this supposed effort to bring the two entities closer together, not even programming, and that there is indeed talk of a management merger. That means a single management team for the French and English networks. When we mix French and English in Canada, English always ends up taking precedence, while French takes a back seat. Will the Prime Minister put a stop to this very dangerous idea of bringing the CBC and Radio-Canada closer together?
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Context: House Hansard - 309 - May/6/24
Hon. Pascale St-Onge (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • May/6/24 2:28:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to point out that the Conservatives are applauding when the Bloc Québécois talks about separating the CBC from Radio-Canada and completely defunding the CBC. What is happening? Why is the Bloc Québécois so aligned with the Conservatives on something as fundamental as our public broadcaster, Radio-Canada? They were never able to protect Radio-Canada from the Harper Conservatives, and they will not be able to do any better now. On this side of the House, we have said that we will always protect French programming and content. What we want is more French content, not to reduce funding.
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