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Martin Champoux

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Drummond
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $108,134.67

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Context: House Hansard - 248 - Nov/7/23
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Nov/7/23 2:43:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, 547 people working at TVA lost their jobs on Thursday, the darkest day in the history of Quebec television. The federal government has to realize that Bill C-11 and Bill C-18 will not be enough. The government has to launch a $50‑million emergency fund for news media. It has to hold a summit next spring at the latest with all industry stakeholders to find long-term solutions to ensure the survival of our media outlets. Their future is at stake, and the time to act is now. Will the minister create an emergency fund and hold a summit?
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Context: House Hansard - 63 - May/3/22
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • May/3/22 2:16:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, these are tough times for the press. In Ukraine, journalists are being bombed to death. In Russia, journalists have to go into exile or let themselves be put in jail, where they are silenced for telling the truth about the war. Journalists, columnists and bloggers everywhere are being imprisoned, threatened or killed. The planet is warming, the pandemic is lingering and war is raging in Europe. Now, more than ever, we need a free press. We need to be informed. In Quebec and in Canada, on social media, journalists are increasingly the target of insults, bullying and threats. I call on our fellow citizens and all democracy-minded people: Let us work together to protect the free press. Let us not allow intimidation to prevail over information. There can be no free press without newspapers. I therefore call on the government to provide more support to our local and regional weekly papers. This matter is urgent. On this World Press Freedom Day, I thank journalists for their essential work.
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Context: House Hansard - 22 - Feb/2/22
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Feb/2/22 3:19:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties, and I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion: That the House reaffirm the primordial and essential role of journalists in a democracy and deplore the attempts to intimidate them in recent days as part of their coverage of the events in Ottawa.
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