Replying to Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Bloc Québécois)
“Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on her speech today. I must say that, while I am extremely disappointed by the Conservative motion we are debating today, I am not entirely surprised by it. It is a painful reminder of the Harper years, when cuts were being made to culture left, right and centre. However, this is even worse. They are doing the Americans’ bidding and launching yet another full-scale attack on our culture, Quebec culture, and perhaps even Canadian culture, if such a thing exists. However, I have even greater concerns about the government. It was unable to stand its ground on the much-discussed 3% digital services tax, and it refused to commit to the CRTC’s decision, despite being publicly questioned on the matter. What does my colleague think of the fact that the Liberals do not seem overly sure of their position?”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 65 wordsone of the things that we really need to acknowledge with this motion is the threat that it puts forward towards French content and indigenous content in this country at a moment when we are seeing such pressure from the U.S. administration to undermine our sovereignty in just so many ways.There is the idea that we are appeasing Donald Trump on so many fronts.Partly on pointPositioning · 54 wordsThe fact of the matter is that Donald Trump becomes cranky or upset about just about anything, depending on which side of the bed he wakes up on, Off pointMockeryUnearned certaintyso when the Liberal government appeases Donald Trump and when the Conservatives kneel to Donald Trump, that is not helping Canadians.New Democrats are here to—PositioningPartly on point
