Mr. Chair, referring back to “Our Cultural Sovereignty”, which I started with, recommendations 19.1 and 19.2, which the minister co-authored, recommended the creation of “a department of communications, responsible for broadcasting, telecommunications and the cultural industries”, yet we do not see it anywhere on the horizon. The point is that Bill C-18 is a warm-up of 20 year old legislation for Telefilm Canada. Why do we not see this on the horizon? What are we waiting for? What is the minister waiting for? Is she in charge of this department or not?
In the House of Commons on November 16th, 2004. See this statement in context.