Ms. Kinch, in a moment I'm going to ask you to confirm if these 10 job cuts in Quebec are the only ones that will be made, but before I do that, it being May 1, I want to note one worker in particular who is today out of a job, who is Pierre Landry.
Pierre Landry in CBC Montreal is a man who announces important cultural happenings in Montreal. He just recently won the ADISQ cultural columnist of the year award. Mr. Landry was a man who promoted francophone music to the anglophone population of Quebec, bridging the gap between the solitudes, and Mr. Landry's contributions go directly toward the mandate of promoting official languages. Anglophones in Montreal are largely employed in the cultural sector, and this cut, this loss of Mr. Landry on the airwaves, will harm our community.
I can just tell you the voice of the people, Kelly Greig, says:
Huge hugs today for @PierreLandry. An amazing reporter, mentor, deskmate and friend who I had the honour of working with on @cbcHomerun.
Nicolas Boullé states:
Sad to hear that @PierreLandry will be no longer the culture reporter of Homerun on CBC.
Emily Skahan comments:
Crushed to hear CBC terminated the BEST person they ever hired. No one cares more about the artistic integrity of Mtl than @PierreLandry.
And then there's Steve Faguy, who asks:
So who, other than Pierre Landry, is getting laid off from CBC in Quebec? I'm making a list.
I will go on:
All my thoughts go out to @PierreLandry a former colleague from @MusiquePlus whose position was cut at CBC. You did a good job, good luck!
Steve Rukavina notes:I couldn't believe this when I heard it...anyone who listens to CBC knows you are one of the best we have...these cuts hurt.
Tanya McGinnity says: WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? NO. Not pierrelandry. He's a cultural icon here in Montreal.
And Steve Rukavina continues: Just unbelievably sad to be losing dedicated, friendly, fun colleague Pierre Landry to cbccuts.
This is just to put a face.... We're talking about numbers here in committee but there are people there who have contributed to the mandate of CBC who are losing their positions today and will continue to lose across the country, and that's going to harm our community in Montreal.
I could keep going on and on with the tweets, but Ms. Kinch, can you confirm to us that these 10 cuts will be the final ones to be made to English services in Quebec?