“Madam Speaker, that was quite something. The member talked about levelling the playing field. Interestingly enough, the Broadcasting Act was put in place originally to try to make sure that the limited airwaves that were available through radio and television would be shared. There would be French and there would be English. The other thing that it did was make sure that traditional broadcasters contributed to a pot of money in order to create Canadian content. Those traditional broadcasters could also pull from that pot of money. They could apply for grants and contributions in order to produce that content. Online streamers came onto the playing field and they did not have to do those things, so the government made the determination that it should be equally punitive to everyone. Everyone should have to pay a tax. Everyone should be limited in what they could produce. Everyone should have the government dictate what is Canadian and what is not Canadian in terms of content. However, the government had another option. It could have levelled the playing field by actually giving everyone freedom to produce what Canadians want and freedom to stream what Canadians most want to view or listen to. That was the other choice. The choice was freedom and competition and in the interest of consumers. Why did the government not choose that option?”
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Madam Speaker, Claims · 18 wordsit is important to recognize that, domestically, we are talking about 25% compared to streamers that pay 15%.1Reasoning · 6 wordsLevelling the playing field is important.Claims · 68 wordsWe need to recognize that through the CRTC and organizations like CBC, CTV, Global and others, at the end of the day, we have had some sensational programming.Two right off the top of my head are Schitt’s Creek and Corner Gas.2Both have been exceptionally successful.We can talk about artists from the past and current individuals like Céline Dion.3There is so much talent in Canada.Positioning · 48 wordsIf it were up to the Conservatives, they would devastate that industry.By the actions, the talk and the speeches that have been delivered over the last number of years, the far-right Conservatives have clearly demonstrated that they do not support that industry, and I find that unfortunate.PositioningThe ask · 42 wordsI look to members who are a little more moderate in the Conservative caucus to stand up, defend that industry and tell us how they believe this motion or motions from the past from the Conservative Party are going to support it.Claims · 5 wordsI am not hearing that, Positioning · 10 wordsand I think we should all be concerned about that.Positioning
