Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:24

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As a Canadian, I would be one to believe in Canadian heritage from coast to coast to coast, but just last week, I was on the phone with the Alberta heritage minister, Minister Aheer, to talk about how we can collaborate to support the work that we do at the federal level, but at the provincial level as well.
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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:25

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I believe all parts of Canada's heritage are important to Canada: western heritage, eastern heritage, northern heritage, first nations—
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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:25

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If you have suggestions in terms of what it is we can do to help support different parts of Canada's heritage ecosystem, we would be happy to consider them.
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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:25

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I have tried to outline how our entire heritage ecosystem is under threat right now, from coast to coast to coast. Artists are finding it very difficult right now in Ontario, in Alberta, in Saskatchewan and—
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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:26

Lib. (QC)
Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:26
Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:26

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My role is to support artists throughout this country. Many of our programs are available to organizations in every part of the country.
We're supporting artists in every part of the country. In western Canada as—
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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:27

Lib. (QC)
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I can't give you an exact answer for the ratio. We could provide you with that information. As you know, that information is public. What I can tell you is that—
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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:27

Lib. (QC)
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Over the last few weeks, I have spoken with thousands of people from across the country, from every corner of the country—thousands.
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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:27

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What I can tell you is that the Alberta heritage minister has saluted my leadership to help artists and athletes throughout the COVID-19 crisis on a number of occasions publicly, and—
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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:28

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Madam Chair, I believe I have. I believe I have a number of times, but—
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Sherry Romanado - 18:29
Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:31

Lib. (QC)
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I think I have answered your question a number of times regarding—
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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:31

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—western heritage. As I said, I had—just last week—a conversation with the Alberta heritage minister. I've had several conversations with the Alberta heritage minister—
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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:32

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—to see how we can help and support the heritage sector in Alberta and Saskatchewan, throughout Canada. I'm working closely with allies from across the country to do that.
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Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner - 18:32
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith - 18:35

Lib. (QC)
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Thank you for the question.
I'm not sure. I haven't seen the article you're referring to. What I can tell you is that we have been supporting local journalism through an investment of $50 million over five years, which means that this year 200 journalists will be hired in communities that are not as well served from a media perspective as others. The ad-buy campaign we just did on COVID-19 for $30 million was distributed among more than 900 newspapers across the country, 500 radio stations and TV stations in 12 different languages. I think we value the diversity of the media ecosystem in Canada and—
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Nathaniel Erskine-Smith - 18:36