Of course, Mr. Speaker, it is completely false. We have increased funding for arts and culture. We have increased funding for the CBC. We have created the new Canada media fund of $310 million to support the creation of Canadian content. Not only that, not only is it important for us to underline what our government is doing, but also to juxtapose it with what the Liberals are doing. Here is what someone the member supported once said: “If the CBC were to close its doors tomorrow morning, nobody would be in the streets protesting. The Liberals do not care about the CBC”. Who said that? Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien.
In the House of Commons on March 27th, 2009. See this statement in context.