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Francis Scarpaleggia

Member of Parliament
Liberal

Lac-Saint-Louis
Quebec
Voting Attendance: 66%
Expenses Last Quarter: $123,581.21

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Context: House Hansard - 194 - May/10/23

Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.)

May/10/23 3:11:44 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-18

Mr. Speaker, local news is vital. Voters rely on local news outlets to keep them informed. When the Liberal government passes legislation to ensure fair compensation for the use of community news content, Facebook responds by censoring the news. The Conservative leader, a friend of big tech, is happy to parrot the excuses offered up by the billionaire web giants, at the expense of Canadians' right to access news content. What are the Prime Minister's thoughts on this disregard for Canadians' right to information, a fundamental right in any democracy?

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23

Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia

Mar/27/23 7:18:11 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Madam Speaker, I think a great part of this bill is driven by the need to provide support to Quebec content, as well as other Canadian content, and that is why stakeholders in Quebec are so in favour of this bill. The stakeholders have been consulted by the government over and over, and Quebec stakeholders are particularly keen on this bill, and for a very good reason. I think it is a very important bill, not only for all Canadian creators but for maintaining the vibrancy of Quebec culture, which has shown itself to be extremely vibrant. It is an effort to maintain that vibrancy in the new technological environment that we have with cyber-communication.

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23

Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia

Mar/27/23 7:16:28 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Madam Speaker, the law is very clear. I read the phrase in the law that said the government, and that includes the CRTC, cannot dictate algorithms. If by “criteria” the member means a request or a requirement that streaming platforms provide some visibility to Canadian content, I think that is a pretty wide-open criterion that leaves a lot of leeway to streaming services to do that in the manner they think is most appropriate. One of the points of this bill is to make sure that Canadian creators can find space on streaming services, the same way CanCon was meant to make it so that radio could provide space for great Canadian music, which now dominates the world.

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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22

Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia

Jun/13/22 4:35:13 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Madam Speaker, I am trying to get a better grasp of the question. It seems to relate to Bill C-18 on news content, the bill that will force web giants and traditional media to negotiate together and ensure that compensation is provided for the content used and paid for by traditional media. I saw somewhere in Bill C‑11 that schools, for example, do not have to worry because they are exempt. I believe, although I am not certain, that this does not really have to do with community media. Another clause in the bill states that it will not apply to a service that is too small. The CRTC will not have time to regulate the thousands of websites belonging to creators. Let us face it, the CRTC does not have the capacity to regulate all of that.

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