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Kevin Waugh

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Saskatoon—Grasswood
  • Saskatchewan
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $133,761.32

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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Mr. Kevin Waugh
  • Dec/13/22 4:03:00 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Madam Speaker, a number of us in the House support local newspapers in this country. I would say 250 out of the 337 of us now, since yesterday, sponsor local newspapers with ads. You are shaking your head, Madam Speaker. Are you are not one who puts an ad in a newspaper? I am sure the member for Edmonton Strathcona is one of them, because she knows the importance of local media, especially around Edmonton.
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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Mr. Kevin Waugh
  • Dec/13/22 4:01:20 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Madam Speaker, I am concerned. I said that right off the top. When Bill C-18 was introduced over a year ago, the bill was designed to help local newspapers in this country. Now we find out when we peel back the onion that public broadcaster CBC, Rogers and Bell, are going to get 75% of the funding from Meta and Google. Why are they at the trough? We dealt with Bill C-10 and Bill C-11 before, which pertained to those industries. Bill C-18 was designed for newspapers, as we have found out with the department saying only $150 million will be raised. Is it $150 million, or what the PBO said is a bigger pot of $239 million?
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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Mr. Kevin Waugh
  • Dec/13/22 3:59:31 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary should know that the CRTC has never regulated newspapers in this country. It has only dealt with television and radio. Now we are going to ask an agency to look after newspapers. The CRTC will decide who is going to win and who is going to lose. Ian Scott, the chairman, is leaving next month, so there will be a new five-year appointment coming up. Is the CRTC capable today of regulating? We all know the answer already. It has difficulty in broadcasting. Can it afford to make the same mistakes that it made with broadcasting that I think it will make in the newspaper sector in which it has no background at all?
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