Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
Last year we saw the minister surrender to the U.S. on magazines, but to her credit it was at least after a fight. Yesterday she indicated that she is willing to give up our newspapers without even fighting.
It is demeaning that our culture minister goes to Boston to show Americans a beer ad so they will “understand us better”. If she thinks that Americans do not understand us, why would she allow Americans to control Canadian newsrooms? Why is she ignoring 30 years of studies which are firm in opposing foreign control of newspapers?