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View Adam Vaughan Profile
Lib. (ON)
View Adam Vaughan Profile
2015-03-24 14:03 [p.12240]
Mr. Speaker, on March 12 in Toronto, I co-hosted a town hall on arts and culture and the future of the CBC with the honourable members for Toronto Centre and Saint-Laurent—Cartierville
For residents and businesses in my riding of Trinity—Spadina, the CBC is not just a critical and cherished national voice for current affairs and culture, it is also a major employer.
Hundreds of residents came to the AGO for the community forum to defend public broadcasting, but we also heard this: funding cuts to the CBC are undermining the cultural sector of the economy. Layoffs are now triggering job cuts by small suppliers to the CBC. They are also beginning to hurt families, restaurants, hotels and shops in the neighbourhood.
The digital media industry is growing and is now worth close to $2.5 billion annually in this community. However, the impact of recent changes to the Broadcasting Act by the CRTC and the Conservative government's tampering of Canadian content regulations are now bringing independent film and television work in Toronto to a grinding halt.
The government needs to take action. It must reinvest and reinforce the independence of the CBC and reverse the CRTC decisions that are starting to do serious harm to the digital media, film and television industries in Toronto, and it must do it immediately.
View Pierre Nantel Profile
NDP (QC)
Mr. Speaker, CBC/Radio-Canada plays a key role in ensuring that this country has access to diverse, high-quality news. However, the new round of cuts to the tune of $131 million is jeopardizing this fundamental aspect of CBC/Radio-Canada's mandate. Forty-seven positions will be eliminated from CBC/Radio-Canada's news service. Even the show Enquête will lose three reporters and a producer. By making cuts to Enquête and to the news, the government has found another way to go after democracy.
When will the government stop torturing CBC/Radio-Canada and when will it give the corporation a stable, predictable budget so that it can fulfill its mandate?
View Shelly Glover Profile
CPC (MB)
View Shelly Glover Profile
2014-04-28 15:08 [p.4601]
Mr. Speaker, as my colleague knows, the government has nothing to do with the decisions announced by CBC/Radio-Canada. CBC/Radio-Canada receives a lot of taxpayer-provided money and makes its own operational decisions. That is the case here.
According to the president of CBC/Radio-Canada, this situation is the result of a decline in viewers in certain demographics and a decline in advertising revenue. Once again, CBC/Radio-Canada has enough money to fulfill its mandate under the Broadcasting Act. It is up to the corporation to decide what shows it will present to Canadians in English and French.
View Jean-François Fortin Profile
(QC)
Mr. Speaker, I do not think the minister understood that the government's cuts to CBC/Radio-Canada are what led to cuts like the ones to Enquête. Three journalists and one producer will lose their jobs, which will have a direct impact on the quality of the content. Public affairs programs like Enquête play an essential role in democracy. Enquête has exposed cases of abuse, scandals and public money being wasted.
Why does the government continue to make cuts to the public broadcaster when programs like Enquête end up paying the price?
View Shelly Glover Profile
CPC (MB)
View Shelly Glover Profile
2014-04-28 15:09 [p.4601]
Mr. Speaker, as I said, the government did not make any decisions. These decisions were made by CBC/Radio-Canada. CBC/Radio-Canada made these decisions as a result of the declining number of viewers and advertising revenue. It receives enough money from taxpayers to fulfill its mandate under the Broadcasting Act.
I encourage my colleague to talk to Mr. Lacroix about this.
View Pierre Nantel Profile
NDP (QC)
Mr. Speaker, a new report has confirmed that budget cuts are preventing CBC/Radio-Canada from meeting its linguistic obligations.
Since the Conservatives came to power, they have been constantly cutting the public broadcaster's budget at the expense of its obligations, and francophone minority communities are directly affected by this obstinacy. Having access to local French content is essential to the development of those communities, and it takes resources to do so.
Now that further devastating cuts are expected to be announced tomorrow, can the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages tell us how, despite these relentless cuts, she expects CBC/Radio-Canada to fulfill its duty to these minority language communities?
View Shelly Glover Profile
CPC (MB)
View Shelly Glover Profile
2014-04-09 14:55 [p.4474]
Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is a crown corporation that operates at arm's length from the government. It is responsible for its own day-to-day operations.
That said, according to the corporation's president, its problems stem from the declining number of viewers. CBC/Radio-Canada has enough money to fulfill its mandate under the Broadcasting Act, and it is up to that corporation to provide all Canadians, francophones and anglophones alike, with the programming they want.
View Irene Mathyssen Profile
NDP (ON)
View Irene Mathyssen Profile
2014-04-09 14:56 [p.4474]
Mr. Speaker, we need a government that believes in supporting public broadcasting, not dismantling it.
CBC/Radio-Canada plays a unique role for both our official languages, but the Conservatives, like the Liberals before them, severely cut the budget: no more local content in minority francophone or anglophone communities. Even worse, tomorrow we expect deeper cuts.
Will the government finally commit to provide CBC/Radio-Canada with stable, long-term funding, so it can fulfill its mandate?
View Shelly Glover Profile
CPC (MB)
View Shelly Glover Profile
2014-04-09 14:56 [p.4474]
Mr. Speaker, I will repeat this in English. What was just said is absolutely false.
As we all know, CBC/Radio-Canada has a mandate to offer both French and English broadcasting, and that falls under the act itself.
Now, when it comes to its president's comments, with respect to declining viewership, that is one of its key challenges. When we talk about viewership, it is up to the CBC and Radio-Canada to provide viewership and programming that Canadians are interested in.
In the meantime, this government has given record funds. It has enough to deal with its mandate, and I encourage it to do so.
View Lise St-Denis Profile
Lib. (QC)
Mr. Speaker, the government has an ad campaign that targets Canadians, but it seems more like propaganda than anything else. During the Oscars, the government spent hundreds of thousands of dollars unjustifiably.
How does the government reconcile the partisan spending with the fact that thousands of young Canadians will not be able to find a summer job in the next few months?
View Tony Clement Profile
CPC (ON)
Mr. Speaker, the government has a responsibility to inform Canadians about the important programs and services available to them. Advertising is an essential way for the government to inform Canadians about important issues. That is our goal and our responsibility.
View Joyce Murray Profile
Lib. (BC)
View Joyce Murray Profile
2014-03-05 14:54 [p.3542]
Mr. Speaker, on Monday the defence minister defended wasting tax dollars on Oscar night ads promoting yesterday's programs, but Conservative budget cuts and hiring freezes have left soldiers with PTSD and their families suffering today because they cannot get the help they need, and the Conservative members seem to think that is funny. Just a $100,000 ad could pay to help seven soldiers with PTSD succeed in their transition to civilian life.
Once again, why does the minister choose partisan self-interest over the health of injured soldiers.
View Tony Clement Profile
CPC (ON)
Mr. Speaker, as I have already mentioned, we have a responsibility to communicate with Canadians on important programs that might be of value to Canadians in their lives. We will continue to do so.
I would mention again that, when we actually allocate money for advertising, it goes to advertising, unlike during the previous Liberal government when it went into the black hole of various felons who are now in jail.
View Glenn Thibeault Profile
Ind. (ON)
View Glenn Thibeault Profile
2013-11-19 10:02 [p.1017]
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-552, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act (sports blackouts).
He said: Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to introduce my bill today that would ban television blackouts for live sporting events held in venues constructed with the use of public financing. Blackouts are broadcasting restrictions imposed by broadcasters, professional sports teams, and leagues.
With this being Grey Cup week, it would be great to see Canadians from coast to coast to coast gather around their television sets to cheer on their respective teams. Sorry, Mr. Speaker, go Ticats, go.
Whether it is the NHL or CFL footfall, Canadians have tended to support the use of public money for the construction of stadiums and arenas to house professional sports franchises. All Canadian Football League games on TSN are subject to local blackouts. Edmonton Eskimo home games are not broadcast in Edmonton or the immediate surrounding area, to ensure that fans buy tickets. In the case of the Saskatchewan Roughriders home games, the blackout zone covers the entire province of Saskatchewan, largely because the team relies more on the whole province for support.
However, these stadiums did receive some public funds. With that, it is only fair that leagues offer some reciprocity and allow fans to watch the games on television without the threat of local or regional blackouts.
View Laurie Hawn Profile
CPC (AB)
View Laurie Hawn Profile
2013-06-12 14:06 [p.18167]
Mr. Speaker, Edmonton lost a favourite son last Saturday, with the sad passing of John Berry after a long battle with cancer, at the much too young age of 62.
John's career in broadcasting spanned the country, from Ontario to B.C. He is best remembered as the entertaining weatherman and local events commentator on CFRN TV in the eighties and nineties. John left the world of journalism in 1996 and became a celebrity chef and private caterer, appearing at local restaurants, community charity events and soup kitchens around Edmonton.
John could never say no to any charity. He emceed Klondike Days, acted as a judge at many charitable events and became a fixture at any public event in our city. John was a big man with a bigger smile, an even bigger sense of humour and an enormous heart. He was a man who simply wanted to make things better.
John was a strong family man and a man of faith. He will be deeply missed by his wife Mirna and their three children.
“Instead of the wind-chill factor, all I have to worry about is rare, medium or well done, and that suits me just fine”, John told the Edmonton Journal in 2005. “God led me here for a reason, and I'm here and I'm loving it”.
We loved having John here too. Rest in peace, my friend.
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