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Francis Scarpaleggia

  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Lac-Saint-Louis
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $123,581.21

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia
  • Mar/27/23 7:20:46 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, right now traditional broadcasters have to make payments to the Canada Media Fund, which is used to help in the production of Canadian content. At some point, through regulation, the streaming services will also have to contribute a portion of the revenues they earn in this country from Canadian consumers into the Canada Media Fund in order to help with the production of Canadian content for streaming.
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia
  • Mar/27/23 7:19:42 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, it is a good question; unfortunately, I do not have a precise answer for it. However, the member hit on another important aspect of this bill, which is that it is not only about discoverability of Canadian content creators but also about levelling the playing field and making sure that streaming services pay their fair share. It is really not fair at all that traditional broadcasters have to contribute to the Canada Media Fund but the streaming services, the foreign-owned streaming services, have been able to skirt that obligation. This bill would help make things more balanced, and that is a very important point that the member has raised.
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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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