“The government just does what the Americans want. As soon as Donald Trump told Canada not to tax digital services, the government dropped the three percent tax and got nothing in return.”

“Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my colleague opposite on his speech, which was interesting and seemed to be heading in the right direction. However, it was not necessarily all that reassuring, because, so far, all we have been seeing is his government kowtowing to the Americans. As soon as Mr. Trump told us not to tax digital services, Mr. Carney’s government did away with the much-discussed 3% tax without getting anything in return. I apologize, Mr. Speaker.”

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“The government is not defending Quebec's culture. Big web companies take money from us and give nothing back, but the minister will not stand up to them. I want to know why the government is not doing more.”

“Mr. Speaker, I am so worked up over this that I am naming people that I should not be. What I wanted to say to my colleague across the way is that we see this government caving in and failing to defend Quebec’s culture. Even the minister, when asked to respond to the CRTC’s decision, was unable to say that this was the right thing to do and that we needed to stand up to the web giants, who are sucking up revenue without giving anything back to our culture. Why are the Liberals not doing more and standing up for our culture?”

“Quebec needs support to protect its French culture and arts. It insults us when Conservatives call our culture a trade problem. French-speaking MPs should not vote for this motion.”

“Mr. Speaker, Quebec’s greatest treasure is its culture. It is the thing that has kept us afloat in a sea of anglophones. It is expressed in our music and in our films. It represents our collective imagination. Faced with the American steamroller, we need support to maintain this culture. We are a francophone drop in an anglophone ocean, and it is insulting to hear the Conservatives refer to us a trade irritant. I did not hear Quebec’s Conservative MPs say much about this motion this morning, and I can guarantee that the leader of the official opposition is going to speak to it later. Few francophone members are going to stand with him on this; it would be a disgrace for any francophone MP to support this motion.”

“If the Conservative leader wants to lower the debt and help with high prices, he should stop giving money to oil and gas companies. This motion insults French speakers. They need government funding to protect their culture.”

“Mr. Speaker, if the Leader of the Opposition wants to reduce the debt and support people as they cope with inflation, all he has to do is stop funding the state-sponsored cronyism in the oil and gas sector that he defends tooth and nail. The motion before us today is an insult to francophones, who form a cultural minority. If they wish to preserve their cultural expressions, they need funding. What the Leader of the Opposition is telling us is that, from a trade point of view, we are a nuisance. He should be ashamed for saying that.”