Discussion · Oral Questions
Yves-François Blanchet Bloc Québécois
“The arts in Quebec and Canada will lose $3.4 billion because the Prime Minister gives in to the United States. His plan will not fix this, and it threatens Quebec's culture. Why is the Prime Minister giving up on French-Canadian culture?”
“Mr. Speaker, at least he prepares his answers. That is $3.4 billion that will be lost in the creative sector in Quebec and Canada. The minister is going to invest $600 million that he is taking directly out of taxpayers’ pockets. He is talking about an announcement he made almost a year ago, before all the disastrous decisions made by the Prime Minister, who is kowtowing to the United States. He is even threatening the very existence of the convention on the diversity of cultural expressions, which originated in Quebec. That I know. I was there when it happened. Why is the Prime Minister giving up on the existence of a distinct French-Canadian culture?”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, at least he prepares his answers. That is $3.4 billion that will be lost in the creative sector in Quebec and Canada. The minister is going to invest $600 million that he is taking directly out of taxpayers’ pockets. He is talking about an announcement he made almost a year ago, before all the disastrous decisions made by the Prime Minister, who is kowtowing to the United States. He is even threatening the very existence of the convention on the diversity of cultural expressions, which originated in Quebec. That I know. I was there when it happened. Why is the Prime Minister giving up on the existence of a distinct French-Canadian culture?