“I want to cheer for a bill that forces foreign companies to support Canadian creators. If a business makes money in Canada, it should contribute money to Canadian culture. This is fair. I really like how this bill will promote French language content in Canada.”
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A bill about modernizing the military justice system, including changes to appointing the Provost Marshal General and removing the court martial's jurisdiction over certain sexual offences. During discussion, MPs mostly debated a completely different bill on taxing and regulating online streaming, traded partisan jabs, and discussed protecting and promoting Canadian and Quebec culture.
“The Liberals want to tax more. They say this tax will pay for Canadian culture. I want the Liberals to say who will really pay this tax. How much money has this tax made before? How much money do the Liberals think it will make now? The government will not pay this tax. The government will take the money and maybe give it to some other people. The people will pay.”
“That is a very good question. I want to talk about something else. I want to say again that this tax is good. The tax will make more Canadian content. Artists in my region want more Canadian content. This tax will make more money. The government will spend the money on more Canadian content.”
“You said a lot of things I already agree with. I want to talk about the digital services tax. If you love Quebec culture and media why did your government cancel that tax? The tax would have taken money from web giants and spent it on our culture and media. I want that tax.”
“I want to talk about how much our government supports Quebec and Canadian culture. We have a bill that will spend money on Quebec content and artists. I'm proud of that spending.”
“I want to talk about how important arts programs are. Conservatives don't want to spend money on them. I think Conservatives are against Canada being its own country. Do you think arts programs are important?”
“I want my bill to pass. It spends money on Quebec artists. Conservatives want to stop spending that money. Conservatives are very bad. Conservatives don't like CBC either. My bill helps CBC too.”
“I want to make the government look bad. The government spends lots of money on ads. The government should spend that money on local businesses instead. I'm going to ask about a tax. How much money did that tax collect? The tax is going up. That sounds bad.”
“I'm going to speak in a different language now. Repeat some talking points. The bill will make people spend money on art. But really it's about government force. I think my opponent hates art. I don't like him. I like our bill.”
“I'm here because of immigrants' sacrifices. I promise to work hard. Everything is too expensive. People are struggling. The government is trying to help. I want lower costs and more good jobs. The Prime Minister talked about principles and pragmatism. We need to protect human rights everywhere. If we want peace, there must be justice. Canada should help fix the world's problems.”
“You talked about human rights and justice everywhere. I want you to condemn this specific thing I don't like.”
“I'll say what you asked. I condemn that specific thing you brought up. I support people of all backgrounds and faiths.”
“I want to look good by asking the new minister a generic first question. I'm filling time with polite words.”
“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later.”
“I want the opposition to look bad for not supporting my preferred government program. I want you to back me up and say my program is important.”
“I want to say nice things about protecting French. I want to add that indigenous languages are important too.”
“I want to ask the new Liberal if she can answer a question in French. But really I want to know who will pay the 15%. She should give a simple answer.”
“I don't want to answer the embarrassing question about who will pay. I will talk about other things instead.”
“Don't tax foreign companies more. It won't help Canadian culture. The U.S. might retaliate.”
“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later. Conservatives want to surrender our culture to the U.S. They're advocating for American politicians and Netflix. They wanted us to capitulate before and they want it again now.”