//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgGovernment OrdersBusiness of Supply [Opposition Motion—News Media Industry]InterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1300)[Translation]Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague, the member for Elmwood—Transcona.I am happy that the masks are coming off today, because we are talking about something that the NDP has been concerned about for a long time. For around eight years, we have been standing up for Canadian news media and cultural content, and particularly in Quebec, where there is a great deal of provincial investment in businesses that offer such content. Furthermore, as a result of the changing paradigm, every investment the Government of Quebec makes involves greater risk.Last night, the Québec Cinéma Gala celebrated the talents of director Ricardo Trogi, actor Debbie Lynch-White, actor Martin Dubreuil and Sara Mishara, who did the cinematography for the movie The Great Darkened Days. The Québec Cinéma team reminded us that Quebec is so good at telling its stories because of giants like Jean Beaudin and Jean-Claude Labrecque, who passed away last week.A pioneer of filmmaking on nearly 100 Canadian films and keenly attuned to the evolution of Quebec society, Jean-Claude Labrecque, considered the filmmaker who captured the essence of Quebec, used to describe himself simply as the guy holding the camera. He did right by us, as the great man he was.To pay tribute to Jean-Claude Labrecque is to pay tribute to the architect of what we inherited today. We inherited a system that allows us to tell our stories through fiction and documentaries, but also through the news media. It allows us to talk about our democracy and to monitor what our politicians do. That is precisely what is currently at stake, because of the partisan games and mediocrity we are seeing from Canada's two main parties.Under the Conservatives we had 10 years of inaction. Ten years of acting like nothing happened. Then the Liberals came to power saying that something had to be done, that we absolutely needed to fix the problem. That was four years ago and they have done absolutely nothing since then. This government has done a poor job because it is afraid of the opposition. I am talking about the official opposition, of course, because the NDP has been fighting for this cause for at least four years, if not eight, since this issue was not as urgent at the time. This situation has truly deteriorated in no time at all.It is unacceptable that 80% of Internet advertising revenue currently goes to the United States. All legislators in Canada should be ashamed. It is not unusual for a society that lives in the north, like ours, to import pineapples or bananas. However, we are now importing advertising signs. Is it not appalling that we are letting all our advertising investments go elsewhere? That is a pathetic trade record. Time and again I find myself having to face the fact that we have no backbone. We have to wake up and protect our industry. We have to stop being mesmerized by five different colour letters just because they represent the most beloved brand in the United States, by Republicans and Democrats alike. We need to wake up.It is not Google's fault that we are slackers. It is not Netflix's fault that we have not asked it to collect the GST, our country's basic tax, which is a consumption tax. The Liberals will not do it for utterly embarrassing reasons. They are afraid that those opposite, the Conservatives, who only want to win the next election, will say that a Netflix tax will raise prices. Give me a break. All Canadians pay the GST on goods they purchase. That is normal. We pay for goods and services, but they will not charge the GST. You should all be ashamed. I, for one, as a citizen of a country like Canada, am ashamed that we are not taking a stand and charging our consumption tax. That is just disgraceful. As we can see, this mainly concerns the GST.(1305)The government has been avoiding the issue and thinking pretty highly of itself for four years. For the past four years, it has been ignoring other people's advice. For four years, it has been afraid of being known as the government that taxed Netflix, but come on, Netflix raised its rate by about 33% a year ago and nobody said boo. The Liberals say they will not charge the GST for that kind of service. They know they do not have a leg to stand on, but they will not do it. There might be questions at the year-end review. The Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance are literally lying to us when they say taxing an intangible online service is complicated. They talk about seeking advice from their G7 and G20 friends. Seriously, though, this is a sales tax. What is the deal here? You are lying to our faces. This kind of situation—AdvertisingGoods and services taxGovernment assistanceMedia and the pressNetflixOpposition motions596031159603125960313RandyBoissonnaultEdmonton CentreCarolHughesAlgoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgGovernment OrdersBusiness of Supply [Opposition Motion—Taxes]InterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1250)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Pickering—Uxbridge, in whom we often see a youthful exuberance. It is important to have our young MPs take the floor.However, I cannot ignore the fact that she is also the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, and I expect her to provide an explanation, since I believe she is objective and intelligent. Can she explain why her boss, the Minister of Finance, steadfastly refuses to have Netflix collect the GST? It is outrageous. Everyone is laughing at us. Television producers, cable companies and Internet service providers around the world are laughing at us.I hope that my colleague will give me something other than the usual answer that there is a lot of discussion about corporate taxes within the G20. We are talking about a consumption rather than a destination tax. I would like a clear answer.Goods and services taxNetflixOpposition motionsTaxation57588795758880JenniferO'ConnellPickering—UxbridgeJenniferO'ConnellPickering—Uxbridge//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgGovernment OrdersBusiness of Supply [Opposition Motion—Taxes]InterventionMr. Pierre Nantel: (1255)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, I made an effort not to use the word “culture” in my question. I did not say culture or content. I spoke about the GST, which Netflix, unlike its competitors, does not have to pay. In return, I heard more rhetoric about culture.Could I just get an answer that is not more obfuscation?Goods and services taxNetflixOpposition motionsPoints of orderRelevancyTaxation57588835758884JenniferO'ConnellPickering—UxbridgeBruceStantonSimcoe North//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgGovernment OrdersBusiness of Supply [Opposition Motion—Taxes]InterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1750)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend my colleague for his passionate speech on fairness. That is what he talked about.He has good reason to sing Canada's praises on many fronts, and it is true that efforts are being made to increase fairness.However, I would like to ask him whether he thinks it is fair that OTT services like Netflix are not required to collect GST. How does he explain the fact that, among all the competitors in the cultural community, his government is favouring a web giant by not forcing it to abide by the same rules as its Canadian competitors?Goods and services taxNetflixOpposition motionsTaxation57597345759735PeterFonsecaMississauga East—CooksvillePeterFonsecaMississauga East—Cooksville//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgGovernment OrdersBusiness of Supply [Opposition Motion—Taxes]InterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1825)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, I would ask my colleague whether he thinks that asking Netflix to collect GST constitutes a new tax.Goods and services taxNetflixOpposition motionsTaxation5759807JohnNaterPerth—WellingtonJohnNaterPerth—Wellington//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodUse of Images of the Lac-Mégantic Tragedy by NetflixInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1515)[Translation]MotionMr. Speaker, I believe if you seek it you will find unanimous consent of the House for the following motion: That the House of Commons:(a) condemn the use of images of the Lac-Mégantic tragedy in works of fiction;(b) demand that Netflix Inc. remove all images of the Lac-Mégantic tragedy, which took 47 lives, from its fiction catalogue; and(c) demand that Netflix Inc. financially compensate the community of Lac-Mégantic for using those images for entertainment purposes, without concern for the trauma of citizens, survivors, and the victims' families.Lac-MéganticLeave to propose a motionMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixRailway accidentsResolutions57546515754652575465357546545754655GeoffReganHon.Halifax WestGeoffReganHon.Halifax West//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodPresence in GalleryInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel: (1515)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, given that Netflix has rejected the request made by the Quebec government, on behalf of the people of Lac-Mégantic and all Quebeckers, that it stop using images of the Lac-Mégantic disaster, I wish to seek consent for the following motion: That the House of Commons call on Netflix Inc. to withdraw from its catalogue all images of the Lac-Mégantic disaster, which took the lives of 47 people, and that Netflix Inc. provide financial compensation to the Lac-Mégantic community for having used these images for entertainment purposes without regard for the trauma experienced by the residents, survivors and friends and families of the victims.Lac-MéganticLeave to propose a motionMedia streaming and webcastingMotionsNetflixRailway accidents5752784GeoffReganHon.Halifax WestGeoffReganHon.Halifax West//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodTaxationInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1505)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Government of Quebec confirmed that Netflix will start collecting the QST on January 1, 2019, but not the GST, because Ottawa is refusing to change federal laws and make California-based Internet multinationals collect the same GST it makes our businesses collect.Quebec explicitly asked the federal government to work with it to change the law, but the government flatly refused. No other G7 country is dumb enough to refuse to adapt its tax system to the Internet age.Can the Prime Minister do better than the Minister of Finance's pathetic attempts to justify the unjustifiable?Foreign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsTaxation571240257124035712404JustinTrudeauRight Hon.PapineauJustinTrudeauRight Hon.Papineau//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgGovernment OrdersBudget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2InterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1640)[Translation]Madam Speaker, I know that the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage is not the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance. However, if he is following this file within his own department, he knows full well that failing to require that companies like Netflix or Google collect GST on their services is an injustice to all competitors that are Canadian and hire Canadians.I am not even talking about corporate taxes, because I know that the Minister of Finance will say that it is complicated. The Liberals do not have much initiative, but I can understand that corporate taxes are complicated. That said, applying a transaction tax on transactions made in Canada is pretty basic. Are the minister's rose-coloured finance glasses so big that he does not even see a need to collect taxes from service providers? Pathetic. Does my colleague have nothing to say on this? He knows very well that the cultural sector is unanimous on this issue.Our service providers and creators at least want local broadcasters and over-the-top television services, which are comparable to Netflix, to be on an equal footing with the others.Budget 2018 (February 27, 2018)C-86, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measuresElectronic commerceForeign investments in CanadaGovernment billsMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixReport stageTaxation568699456869955686996AndyFillmoreHalifaxAndyFillmoreHalifax//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1450)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, UQAM researchers have discovered that just five movies and five TV shows in Netflix's catalogue of 5,500 titles were produced in Quebec. That is 0.1% of Netflix's content. Quebec is not in the picture.As Quebec film and TV producers noted recently, the Netflix agreement has done nothing for our culture. What we need is content produced here. If the next generation of Quebeckers does not have access to made-in-Quebec programming, it will turn to English-language American content. Will the Minister of Canadian Heritage apply our laws to online platforms, or does he want us to become totally assimilated? Canadian contentFrancophonesMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questions562656856265695626570DeborahSchulteKing—VaughanAndyFillmoreHalifax//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1445)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, there is no excuse for this. When it comes to asking Web giants to pay their fair share, it seems that common sense and tax fairness go out the window. The Minister of Finance expects an international consensus. I have news for him. We are the only idiots in the G7 who are not taxing Netflix. Worse still, France is going to make Netflix pay taxes, collect sales tax and guarantee 30% local content. Meanwhile, in Canada, everything is cool for Netflix and Google. There are no taxes, no sales tax, no quotas. Nothing.The Minister of Canadian Heritage could take a lesson from the Robert Charlebois song: “Between two joints, you could do something.”Canadian contentForeign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsTaxation558487055848715584872ChrystiaFreelandHon.University—RosedaleAndyFillmoreHalifax//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1440)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, Netflix just announced it is opening a permanent office in France. The company will double its investment in French productions. Netflix will be paying taxes in France. It will even collect sales tax. It will invest 2% of its revenue in producing films and will have to guarantee that 30% of its content is European.What a crazy revolutionary concept. The French asked Netflix to respect their culture and pay its fair share of taxes.Will the new Minister of Heritage do his job, immediately put a stop to preferential treatment, and get the same commitments from Netflix here in Canada?Canadian contentForeign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsTaxation555338755533885553389PaulLefebvreSudburyAndyFillmoreHalifax//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1500)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, I would not normally intervene in the relationship between broadcasters and Quebec's many production companies, but since it was theheritage minister who drew up the agreement with Netflix in absolute secrecy, I would like to ask her if she is satisfied with her precious partner's approach. Forcing production companies to convince anglophone American bigwigs of the relevance of producing francophone stories for Quebec in English is like a throwback to the 1950s.Is this the kind of colonialism that was redacted from the Netflix deal she has been hiding from us for months?Canadian contentCorporate income taxForeign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsProvince of Quebec54295575429558BardishChaggerHon.WaterlooMélanieJolyHon.Ahuntsic-Cartierville//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1445)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, after a number of access to information requests, the government finally released 773 pages of emails exchanged between the government and Netflix, but 90% was redacted. It almost seems as though the government has something to hide. Is that possible?In his year-end review, the Prime Minister had the nerve to contradict Céline Galipeau. Regrettably, he went and said that it would be impossible to charge GST on Netflix, when we know that is not at all the case. Everyone knows that.Why is the government so determined to mislead the public about the Netflix deal? Why is it afraid to make the deal public? Is it afraid that we will be proven right?Foreign investments in CanadaNetflixOral questionsTaxation524483052448315244832KarinaGouldHon.BurlingtonMélanieJolyHon.Ahuntsic-Cartierville//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1425)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Canadian Heritage came back to Montreal on Friday to say the same thing she had said two months ago. The only difference was that she added that she had heard Quebec and would stop defending Netflix's tax break, but that the Minister of Finance would have to be consulted. Quebec is united in condemning the unfair tax treatment enjoyed by Netflix and other web giants. Everyone is against it, including unions, business leaders, the media, journalists, and artists. Did the Minister of Finance give any answer other than no? This is pathetic. Is that how important Quebec's unanimous opinion is to this government and to the Prime Minister?Do they have anything to offer besides the same old blather at UNESCO and standing up to defend our culture, or are they going to defend the indefensible—Foreign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsTaxation51851925185193518519451851955185196JustinTrudeauRight Hon.PapineauGeoffReganHon.Halifax West//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1500)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, the Netflix agreement is already dead and buried in the eyes of Quebeckers. It is over. Everyone, business people from the cultural sector, the National Assembly, everyday Quebeckers, everyone rejects this unfair tax break that Ottawa is giving the web giant.A poll released this morning shows that 72% of Quebeckers find the Netflix agreement unfair and 89% find that this agreement can no longer remain secret.The Minister of Canadian Heritage is delivering a major speech tomorrow in Montreal. All eyes will be on her. Everyone is expecting her to get things back on track.Will the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Minister of Finance stop passing the buck, admit that they made a mistake, and reconsider these unfair handouts?Canadian contentForeign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsTaxationUnited States of America5175059517506051750615175062AndrewLeslieHon.OrléansMélanieJolyHon.Ahuntsic-Cartierville//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodTaxationInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1505)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, in a letter that was sent to the Minister of Finance yesterday, the Government of Quebec states its intention to require that Netflix and other Internet giants pay their fair share of taxes, and it asks for the co-operation of the federal government. This is a matter of tax fairness for our business owners.All of the parties in Quebec agree on this. The Government of Quebec reminded the federal government that, technically, sales tax should already apply to these services. My question is not for the Minister of Canadian Heritage, who has abdicated her responsibility and has been refusing to answer the Government of Quebec for a month now. Rather, my question is for the Minister of Finance.Quebec stands with its businesses and will not back down. Will the Minister of Finance work with Quebec to ensure that Internet giants pay their fair share, yes or no?Foreign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsProvince of QuebecTaxationUnited States of America511175051117515111752MarcMillerVille-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-SoeursSeanCaseyCharlottetown//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1145)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I asked the Minister of Canadian Heritage why she did not respond to the letter sent to her by the Quebec ministry of culture on September 3, which asked for more information about the agreement with Netflix and the lack of francophone content. That letter was sent exactly one month ago, and Quebec has still not received any answers.I have not received any answers either. The minister's press secretary was embarrassed to have to tell journalists later that she would get back to them soon. Come on. Let us be clear. Our cultural industries are in crisis and the government needs to wake up. It is dragging its feet on critical issues, especially where Quebec is concerned.Is that how the government treats the Quebec ministry of culture?Is it so hard to answer an email?Does the government not know how to answer or does it just not care?Canadian contentCultural industryForeign investments in CanadaFrancophonesMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsProvince of QuebecUnited States of America51036995103700510370151037025103703SeanCaseyCharlottetownSeanCaseyCharlottetown//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1445)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, members of the expert panel set up by the Minister of Canadian Heritage to advise her on her cultural policy have spoken out in a Radio-Canada article. They wonder whether they wasted their time, or worse, if the government only ever saw them as token advisers, since the Minister of Canadian Heritage neither listened to nor consulted them on the deal with Netflix. After 3,000 testimonials, 252 briefings, and 18 months of consultations, the Liberals refuse to listen to anyone, including the community, the experts, the deputy minister, and even the minister herself, according to the news.Who was the Prime Minister listening to when he decided to sell out Canada's cultural sovereignty?Canadian contentForeign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsUnited States of America50762615076262JustinTrudeauRight Hon.PapineauJustinTrudeauRight Hon.Papineau//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1455)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, for 18 months, the Minister of Canadian Heritage consulted with all the stakeholders of our cultural ecosystem without ever listening to them. All the stakeholders were clear: our culture is on the line here and now. However, the minister did not listen. She chose to offload the hard decisions on the CRTC, which will get to it in June 2018. Come on, this is an emergency.Furthermore, Le Devoir revealed on Friday that even the deputy minister warned the minister that giving a free pass to web giants was not viable. However, the minister did not listen to him either. Does the minister only listen to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance, and lobbyists, or does she ever only listen to herself, in the end?Canadian contentForeign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsTaxationUnited States of America506195650619575061958GeoffReganHon.Halifax WestSeanCaseyCharlottetown//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1435)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, how naive. It is incredible.The free pass that was given to Netflix does not pass muster in Quebec. Everyone is speaking out against it: the National Assembly, the Union des artistes, even our entrepreneurs such as Peter Simons who points out that local businesses, our entrepreneurs, are doing their fair share. Everyone is against this and yet the minister says she is proud of her work. Something does not add up. As Gérald Fillion says, it is as though she were not listening to us.Quebeckers are calling for a real cultural policy and businesses are calling for a real tax policy, but the minister is so proud.How can she be proud of such a failure?Canadian contentForeign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsUnited States of America5035030503503150350325035033SeanCaseyCharlottetownSeanCaseyCharlottetown//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1435)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, this morning, the Minister of Canadian Heritage met with the cultural community to peddle her business model and her much-touted deal with Netflix. The 50 or so organizations that make up the coalition for culture and media were disappointed with the government's inconsistent vision and shocked by its agreement with Netflix. They all want this secret agreement to be made public so that taxpayers can read it and judge for themselves.Quebeckers feel that the minister is more anxious to sell Netflix than to defend Canadian culture. However, the mission of the heritage minister is to defend our culture, not the interests of multinational corporations. The cultural community and the Quebec government want to know the answer to this simple question.When will this agreement be made public?Agreements and contractsForeign investments in CanadaInformation disseminationMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsUnited States of America502498550249865024987BillMorneauHon.Toronto CentreMélanieJolyHon.Ahuntsic-Cartierville//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1425)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, yesterday on Tout le monde en parle the Minister of Canadian Heritage was unable to defend her indefensible deal with Netflix.No one in Quebec thinks that this is a good deal, but the minister continued to boast about how we are the only country to have signed this type of agreement with Netflix. That is to be expected, since no other country would want to sell out its cultural sovereignty to the Americans.The minister keep saying that it was impossible to do otherwise, but Japan, Australia, Norway, and the European Union are making online companies like Netflix pay their fair share.Does the minister believe that we are unable to do so?Canadian contentForeign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsTaxationUnited States of America5023504502350550235065023507ChrystiaFreelandHon.University—RosedaleMélanieJolyHon.Ahuntsic-Cartierville//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1425)[English]Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Canadian Heritage continues to brag that Canada is the first country to make such a deal with Netflix. I will tell members why. Surely, it is a great deal for Netflix, but not for Canadians. Three-quarters of this investment comes directly from Canadians through a Netflix rate hike. In the meantime, other countries are trying to create a level playing field by ensuring that large corporations like Netflix pay their fair share. Why is the government working for the best interests of large American companies and not for us Canadians?Canadian contentForeign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsTaxationUnited States of America5023510MélanieJolyHon.Ahuntsic-CartiervilleMélanieJolyHon.Ahuntsic-Cartierville//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1420)[Translation]Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are used to selling out the country's interests to their friends without asking for anything in return. Today, we have another example with Netflix. We have no guarantee as to Canadian content, French content, content for indigenous peoples, or content that reflects our history and our identity.After 50 years of strong cultural policies in Ottawa, the Minister of Canadian Heritage is going to hand over the responsibility for our cultural policies to an American company.Have we stooped to sub-contracting the protection of our culture to the Americans?Canadian contentForeign investments in CanadaMedia streaming and webcastingNetflixOral questionsUnited States of America501684650168475016848JustinTrudeauRight Hon.PapineauJustinTrudeauRight Hon.Papineau//www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/71447PierreNantelPierre-NantelLongueuil—Saint-HubertIndependentQuebec//www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Parliamentarians/Images/OfficialMPPhotos/42/NantelPierre_NDP.jpgOral Question PeriodCanadian HeritageInterventionMr. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, NDP): (1425)[English]Mr. Speaker, if only they had ears. The heritage minister is surely not receptive to recommendations from the industry or provincial governments. She automatically rejected the possibility of making foreign companies pay their fair share like any other Canadian company. She claimed she did not want Canadians to pay more taxes. However, it is interesting to note that Netflix raised its prices, netting itself almost $100 million more, just before announcing the deal. Is it a coincidence? The minister might be proud of this, but the cultural sector is worried. That is $100 million per year. Had Netflix not already committed to spending that on Anne of Green Gables? 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