Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister promised climate competitiveness. Well, what we got was climate capitulation. Furthermore, we have just learned that the Liberals are going to announce funding for a new dirty oil pipeline. This is the second pipeline they are going to invest in. All of this will, of course, be financed in part by Quebeckers.
As for news media, CBC/Radio-Canada is getting $150 million, with no requirements or conditions; however, there is nothing at all to support private broadcasters and digital media newsrooms. After depriving them of $1.2 billion by refusing to tax American digital platforms, the Prime Minister is now completely abandoning them. The Standing Committee on Official Languages is currently meeting with representatives from private media, notably those from Quebec. They are facing serious challenges and are sounding the alarm. French-language radio associations are so desperate that they are even asking for a reduction in French content quotas.
The federal government could easily take action to support them without costing it a penny. For example, it could spread out the federal government's advertising dollars and give them a little more. Of course, ultimately, the only solution is to tax and regulate American digital platforms, which are suffocating them by sucking up their advertising revenue. We have been denouncing this situation for years. It is a matter of tax fairness.
Furthermore, the government will be investing only $9 billion in new infrastructure spending. Finally, while the Bloc Québécois called for the renewal and unconditional transfer of funds for homebuilding, the Liberals announced further centralization.
We offered our co-operation, but it is clear that this is an oil-driven conservative budget and that we were the only ones who really wanted to work in the interests of Quebeckers.