Canadian Heritage Committee on Dec. 4th, 2018

Evidence of meeting #135 for Canadian Heritage in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was work.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Remuneration Models for Artists and Creative Industries

Supplementary Estimates (A) 2018-19: Vote 1a under Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Votes 1a and 5a under Department of Canadian Heritage, Vote 1a under National Film Board, Vote 1a under Telefilm Canada

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Ariel Katz Associate Professor and Innovation Chair, Electronic Commerce, University of Toronto, As an Individual

Matt Williams Vice-President, Publishing Operations, House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books

Monia Mazigh Author, House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books

David Yurdiga Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, CPC

Pablo Rodriguez Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism

Steven Blaney Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, CPC

Wayne Long Saint John—Rothesay, Lib.

Andrew Francis Chief Financial Officer, Department of Canadian Heritage

Randy Boissonnault

12:55 p.m.

Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism

Pablo Rodriguez

Not that CBC would be worse or better than anybody else, but it's the first time I've heard this.

12:55 p.m.

Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, CPC

David Yurdiga

Okay, so are you going to look into it?

12:55 p.m.

Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism

Pablo Rodriguez

Yes, I will look—

12:55 p.m.

Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, CPC

David Yurdiga

It's not to be against CBC. We just want to ensure that creators are fairly compensated, and CBC should be the crown jewel and doing it right. We're using—

12:55 p.m.

Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism

Pablo Rodriguez

It is a crown jewel.

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Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, CPC

David Yurdiga

Yes, and we should ensure that they're treating creators fairly.

12:55 p.m.

Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism

Pablo Rodriguez

But the first step—

12:55 p.m.

Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, CPC

David Yurdiga

They should be an example, not the exception, because they're getting over a billion dollars of taxpayers' money every year. All we want to ensure is that the CBC does it right. I think, from my perspective, it's your job to ensure that the CBC follows the rules and is the crown jewel of how it should be done, and not go to the lowest denominator with, “Yes, that's okay; it's like everyone else.” They should be held—

12:55 p.m.

Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism

Pablo Rodriguez

We always go for the best.

December 4th, 2018 / 12:55 p.m.

Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, CPC

David Yurdiga

They should be held to a higher standard, because they're getting taxpayers' dollars.

12:55 p.m.

Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism

Pablo Rodriguez

I think that you, the members of the committee, have a very big task ahead of you to make sure that we have a good revision and a good copyright bill.

I also want to thank you for all the work you do in that sense.

12:55 p.m.

Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, CPC

David Yurdiga

Okay, moving on—

12:55 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Julie Dabrusin

That brings you to the end of your time, because it was a five-minute round this time.

I would really like to thank the minister for coming to speak with us.

We now are going to have to do our final bit

As announced by the government House leader on Thursday, November 29, today is the final allotted day in the supply period ending December 10, which had not been scheduled at the time the committee agreed to study the supplementary estimates.

Therefore, pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), the votes referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage were deemed reported back to the House on Thursday, November 29, 2018, upon the adjournment of the House. This study has therefore taken place under Standing Order 108(2).

This brings this meeting to an end.

The meeting is adjourned.