Discussion · Government Orders
Rachael Thomas Conservative
“The online streaming law lets the government decide who wins and loses in Canadian culture. The Canadian people should make that choice, not the government.”
“Madam Speaker, the hon. member is exactly right. Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, went through several iterations before it finally was passed. Many concerns were raised during that time. The biggest of them was that the government would end up choosing which parts of our cultural sector succeeded and which parts would get held back, who would be rewarded and who would be thwarted. That is the way the bill is drafted, and that is precisely what the government is doing. It is determining who gets to win and who must lose within the cultural sector in Canada. Instead, it should be up to the Canadian people. We, the people, determine our culture, not the government.”
Official Hansard
Madam Speaker, the hon. member is exactly right. Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, went through several iterations before it finally was passed. Many concerns were raised during that time. The biggest of them was that the government would end up choosing which parts of our cultural sector succeeded and which parts would get held back, who would be rewarded and who would be thwarted. That is the way the bill is drafted, and that is precisely what the government is doing. It is determining who gets to win and who must lose within the cultural sector in Canada. Instead, it should be up to the Canadian people. We, the people, determine our culture, not the government.