Mr. Speaker, today, as we applaud the winners of the Governor General awards, our government continues to undermine our book publishing industry.
This summer Canadian heritage allowed Amazon.com to enter the Canadian market. Today we learned that Distican has been sold to Simon and Schuster with Canadian heritage approval.
The heritage department is responsible for the Investment Canada Act as it pertains to the cultural sector.
Will the Minister of Canadian Heritage tell the House what steps she will take to stop the sell off of our book publishing industry and put teeth back into the Investment Canada Act?