Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour and privilege to rise again tonight to speak to Bill C-10. It is always an honour to speak from the unceded traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, and to serve the community of Nanaimo—Ladysmith within the traditional territory of the Snaw-naw-as, Snuneymuxw, Stz'uminus and Lyackson First Nations.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, the Green Party agrees to apply and will be voting yes.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, the Green Party agrees to apply and will be voting yes.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, the Green Party agrees to apply and will be voting yes.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, the Green Party agrees to apply and will be voting yes.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree to apply and I will be voting yes.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree to apply and I will be voting yes.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree to apply and I will be voting yes.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, the Green Party agrees to apply the vote, and we will be voting no.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for her great work on this committee as well. The committee was doing very good work at the beginning. We were going through these amendments, and I had a chance to defend them. Once we hit one part of the act where it seemed like freedom of expression might be threatened if one had not read the original act, the Conservatives smelled blood in the water and away they went on their fundraising rampage.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, I had a lot of frustration in the committee process listening to the Conservatives go on and on and on for an hour at a time about what Canadian content is and how one figures that out. I read them the act, which I just read here, and the regulations on how one determines whether music is Canadian content and whether a video or a film production is Canadian content.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, it is an honour to rise to speak today to Bill C-10 on behalf of the constituents of Nanaimo—Ladysmith and the Green Party supporters across Canada. It has been 29 years since the Broadcasting Act was updated, so this legislation is long overdue. I have decades of experience in music, film and the television industry, so I have a keen interest in seeing this update done correctly.

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  , seconded by the member for Edmonton Strathcona, moved: That Bill C-10 be amended by adding after line 17 on page 43 the following new clause: “Review of Regulations 46.1 Within one year after the day on which this Act comes into force and every five years after that, the Commission must review what constitutes a Canadian program under the regulations.”

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  , seconded by the hon. member for Edmonton Strathcona, moved: That Bill C-10, in Clause 12, be amended by adding after line 7 on page 19 the following: “(2) Paragraph 18(1)(d) of the Act is replaced by the following: « et 11.1(5)b) et la prise d’une ordonnance au titre des paragraphes 9.1(1) ou 12(2). »

Government Business No. 10—Broadcasting Act  , seconded by the member for Edmonton Strathcona, moved: That Bill C-10, in Clause 25, be amended by replacing line 5 on page 35 with the following: “ternational service that includes the creation, production and distribution of programming targeted at audiences outside of Canada, in English, French and any other language deemed appropriate, in accordance with any directions that”