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View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
Thank you, Mr. Rayes.
I'll tell you what the employees of the department did. When you look at the overall investments of Canadian broadcasters, depending on the type and size of the company, as I said earlier, the percentage of their revenues that must be invested in Canadian culture varies between 25% and 45%.
Applying this percentage to the revenues of digital platforms in Canada yields a figure of approximately $830 million. Of course, this is an approximation based on modelling. This is the additional amount that would be invested annually in Canadian and, of course, Quebec culture.
View Alain Rayes Profile
CPC (QC)
Why not just put it in the bill instead of dumping it onto the CRTC? This means that money won't be granted for nine months or more.
What prevented you from putting it in the bill, to ensure that these players in the sector will be treated in the same way as the current players, in all fairness?
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
The bill calls for digital platforms to contribute to the sector equitably, as do Canadian distributors and broadcasters.
Why ask the regulator to do this? First of all, it is an independent tribunal of experts. It's not unique to the broadcasting sector, where the legislator asks the regulator to do this kind of work. It's done in the energy field, for example. The government gives direction and passes bills, and the implementation is done by the Canadian Energy Board. This is also done in the legal field. So it's done in several sectors.
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
However, I would like to add another important element.
It has been 30 years since the Broadcasting Act was amended. If the past is any indication of the future, it may not be for another 30 years. Over the years, it is much easier to change regulations than it is to change legislation.
I think that over the next 30 years, our consumption habits, cultural production and technologies will change a lot. If we were to propose a very rigid bill, we might end up with the same kind of problems we have today.
View Martin Champoux Profile
BQ (QC)
View Martin Champoux Profile
2020-06-18 13:18
Madam Chair, I'll be sharing my time with my colleague from Berthier—Maskinongé.
I'll start with an easy question for the government. If it found $1.320 billion lying around, would it know how to use that money wisely?
View Mona Fortier Profile
Lib. (ON)
Madam Chair, from the start, our priority has been to help Quebeckers and Canadians. Health and the economy were our top priorities—
View Martin Champoux Profile
BQ (QC)
View Martin Champoux Profile
2020-06-18 13:19
Thank you, Madam Chair. I like to see the same old platitudes interrupted.
Taxing the GAFA group would bring in over $781 million. Charging GAFA royalties for content creators, which generate billions of dollars, would bring in $540 million. These two amounts combined total $1.32 billion. These are the pre-crisis figures reported by the Parliamentary Budget Officer. We know that the GAFA group's revenue soared with the crisis.
Why is the government waiting to pick up the money lying around and to ensure justice for journalists, the media, songwriters and artists, who are struggling like never before these days, and especially for all businesses in Quebec and Canada that are paying their fair share?
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
Madam Chair, I want to thank my colleague for his important question.
I want to point out that the federal government has made almost $3 billion available to the arts, culture and media sector in recent months to help it get through this crisis. We've contributed $2.5 billion through the Canada emergency response benefit and the Canada emergency wage subsidy. We've provided $500 million in emergency measures for the sector. In addition, we've committed to tabling a bill to ensure greater fairness for Canadian distributors—
View Martin Champoux Profile
BQ (QC)
View Martin Champoux Profile
2020-06-18 13:20
I know that my colleague, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, wants this. I know that he wants to implement a royalty system, because we've already talked about it many times.
When will the government propose a fair royalty system? It would be only fair for content creators. I'm sure that my colleague, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, agrees with this.
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
Madam Chair, my colleague and I agree on this notion of fairness.
I had committed to tabling a bill before June, but the pandemic obviously prevented this from happening. I'm committing today to tabling this bill when we return in the fall.
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