“The Prime Minister is helping big web companies instead of protecting Quebec culture. He dropped a tax on them that would bring in 1.4 billion dollars a year. Now he is telling the regulator not to charge streaming services like Netflix any fees. Why is he giving in to Donald Trump and abandoning our culture?”

“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is abandoning Quebec culture to please the web giants and Donald Trump. First, he scrapped the digital services tax, which represents a loss of $1.4 billion per year, in exchange for absolutely nothing. Today, he is ordering the CRTC to waive every penny of the levies charged to streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime, and yet the European Union imposes levies on streaming platforms and they comply without any significant cost increases for their customers. Why is the Prime Minister in such a hurry to leave our culture at Donald Trump’s mercy?”

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  This statement targeted a person rather than their actions or views: “to please the web giants and Donald Trump”.

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“The Prime Minister is helping big foreign companies instead of protecting our culture, fighting climate change, and controlling pesticides. He is selling out Canada to large corporations.”

“Mr. Speaker, let us take a look at the Prime Minister’s recent record. The Prime Minister is turning his back on culture in favour of digital giants like Netflix and Amazon. The Prime Minister is abandoning the fight against climate change in favour of the oil companies’ American shareholders. The Prime Minister is handing control of pesticides over to multinational agrochemical companies. No prime minister has ever deregulated so extensively for the benefit of large foreign corporations. Is selling out to the highest foreign bidder what he means by building Canada strong?”

“The Prime Minister gave up protections for French culture in trade talks with the United States. He should not use Quebec's language and culture to make a deal.”

“Mr. Speaker, the first thing the Prime Minister sacrificed in the trade war with Washington is francophone culture. This reminds me of how Winston Churchill was advised to cut funding for the arts in the middle of a world war. Churchill asked, if not for the arts, then what are we fighting for? What the Prime Minister has sacrificed to Donald Trump is what sets the Quebec nation apart: our culture, in our language. This is how the Quebec people expresses its existence. How can he treat it as a mere bargaining chip?”