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Lisa Marie Barron

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Nanaimo—Ladysmith
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 66%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $144,270.93

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Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Jun/20/23 8:56:52 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-42 
Madam Speaker, 450 news outlets in Canada have closed since 2008. At least one-third of Canadian journalism jobs have disappeared. I am wondering what the member can share with us this evening about why it took so long to start the work on implementing this important move in the right direction.
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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Dec/13/22 12:51:39 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Mr. Speaker, we know that 450 news outlets in Canada have closed since 2008. At least one-third of Canadian journalism jobs have disappeared. The member spoke a bit about this. We know it is vital that Bill C-18 includes small-sized media outlets. However, we are hearing from unions, like CUPE national, for example, raising concerns of layoffs. When the NDP proposed the amendment in clause 29 to require news organizations to publish a list of the number of journalists employed, the member's party voted against it. Can the member explain to the chamber today why that is?
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Context: House Hansard - 71 - May/13/22
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • May/13/22 10:23:47 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Mr. Speaker, in my riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith, we are seeing the impacts of many of the larger web giants using local news, much to the disadvantage of local news outlets. We are seeing news outlets in Nanaimo—Ladysmith closing down, and many of the news outlets, such as Nanaimo News Bulletin, The Discourse and Nanaimo News Now, are struggling to keep up with the large web giants. They are set up for failure. I wonder if the member could speak about why we have not done anything to support local media to date and what needs to be done to ensure that we are supporting these local, hard-working media sources.
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