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Lori Idlout

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • NDP
  • Nunavut
  • Nunavut
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $178,285.32

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Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Jun/20/23 8:01:59 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Uqaqtittiji, in 2020, $9.7 billion of online advertising revenue was generated. Out of that $9.7 billion, Google and Facebook benefited, receiving 80% of this revenue. I would like to ask the hon. member if she could explain why her party consistently neglects to protect small start-up independent online publishers and news media outlets in Canada over online giants like Google and Facebook.
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Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Jun/20/23 7:07:48 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Uqaqtittiji, I am going to ask a similar question to what I have asked since the debate started some time ago. It is on the fact that there have not been enough discussions about the positive impacts this bill could have for indigenous producers or the supports it would give indigenous producers. I wonder if the member agrees that this bill is important, so that indigenous journalists can get the support they need to make sure they are part of providing online news to Canadians with an indigenous perspective.
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Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Jun/20/23 5:22:14 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Uqaqtittiji, I will ask the member a question that she did not really talk about and that not enough members talked about regarding Bill C-18. What I like about this bill is that the support provisions will provide for indigenous production. I wonder if she could help describe why Bill C-18 would be important for indigenous news outlets.
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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Dec/13/22 5:15:12 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Uqaqtittiji, Jeanette Ageson, with the Independent Online News Publishers of Canada, is quoted as saying that, with these amendments, small newsrooms that are operated by start-up entrepreneurial journalists would have been left out of opportunities to negotiate with web giants. Can the member explain the discrepancy between the Independent Online News Publishers of Canada and how he understands this bill to be?
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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Dec/13/22 4:43:48 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Uqaqtittiji, I lived in a time when major cuts were made to the CBC, and I saw the impacts that had on my community in Nunavut. In Nunavut, the CBC is the only provider that consistently and reliably provides broadcasting in Inuktitut. I wonder if the member could share with us whether he agrees that my community deserves to get some of the lion's share of revenue, so that more indigenous languages can be broadcast through the CBC in other parts of the country.
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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Dec/13/22 4:31:30 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Uqaqtittiji, what I do like about this bill is it would provide a role for the CRTC to assist in the negotiation process between web giants and other providers. As I mentioned earlier, web giants are showing profits in revenue of $9.7 billion a year, so they can take advantage any way they want. There are smaller broadcaster platforms that do not have that same revenue, that need the assistance for the negotiation process that is so important and critically needed. A great place for it to go is to the CRTC to make sure there is fairness. Does the member not agree that fairness is absolutely necessary?
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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Dec/13/22 4:17:52 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Uqaqtittiji, the member talks about the slice of the pie. In 2020, big online web giants gained $9.7 billion in online advertising. That is the size of the pie we are talking about, and Google and Facebook benefited from 80% of that revenue. Because smaller online platforms such as Isuma TV and Nunavut TV do not have the same negotiability that Google and Facebook have, the bill is quite important to those smaller platforms. Does the member not agree that those supports for those smaller platforms are needed to fight against big platforms such as Google and Facebook, which are making at least $9.7 billion a year in advertising revenue?
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Ms. Lori Idlout
  • Jun/13/22 4:56:43 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Uqaqtittiji, I did allude to it in my presentation. Great places like the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation have been able to televise Inuit content. The online streaming act is the next step to ensuring that we do the same for online streaming providers. It is just as important. It is the next logical step that we need to do to ensure that indigenous languages and cultural content are provided by Inuit people. Qujannamiik.
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