Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, VIA Rail Canada's operating revenue and costs for each service route are reported in the annual reports available at https://media.viarail.ca/en/reports#annual-reports. For fiscal year 2018, this is available in Annual Report 2018 on page 9; for fiscal year 2019, in

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Châteauguay—Lacolle for her question and her absolutely great work. Bill C‑18 is crucial to save our newsrooms and make web giants pay their fair share. However, at every step of the process, Conservative politicians have filibustered

Housing  Mr. Speaker, I take it personally when I hear the Bloc Québécois saying that July 1 is a nightmare. I take that as an attack and an insult against Canada. We live in a country is celebrated around the world, a country where people can live with dignity and where governments are t

Online News Act  Madam. Speaker, I do listen to what is happening in the committee. It is very important for me, being the Minister of Canadian Heritage. I have a lot of respect for the work of the committee, and I have had the chance to go committee many times. However, there are many programs

Online News Act  Madam Speaker, that is a bit rich coming from a person who quotes the tech giants all the time. She has been using their speaking points from day one. We are there to support media in all communities. Also, if the member looks at the example of Australia, the system we are basing

Online News Act  That was very impolite, Madam Speaker.

Online News Act  Madam Speaker, when we look at the example of Australia, which has a bill similar to ours—

Online News Act  Madam Speaker, as I was saying, in Australia, looking at its results at the end of the day, when all the deals were concluded, proportionally small media got more money than any of the big media. That is a big example—

Online News Act  Madam Speaker, the Bloc Québécois will be delighted to hear what I have to say. My colleague just said that he supported the concept of closure when the bill is essential. Bill C‑18 is certainly essential to our newsrooms across Quebec and Canada. The Bloc Québécois members ult

Online News Act  Madam Speaker, I would never heckle personally. However, the question from my colleague is extremely important. I really do not understand why the Conservatives from all those small communities are fighting this bill, which is there to help local media in their own communities.

Online News Act  Madam Speaker, the exact reason for this bill is to support the different media in our communities. As I have said, it is not the only thing the government is doing. We have put in place a tax credit on labour to help our newsrooms. This is money for our newsrooms. We also put i

Online News Act  Madam Speaker, what is accurate is that this bill is there to support media across the country. As I said, around 500 media outlets have closed their doors. Big ones and small ones, in regions and in cities everywhere, have closed. It has a huge impact on our democracy that they

Online News Act  Madam Speaker, I agree.

Online News Act  Madam Speaker, the difference between us and them is that we are standing up for our independence. We are standing up for our sovereignty, and we are standing up for our democracy. Therefore, we do not accept the fact that some tech giants are threatening a government of a sove

Online News Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague and the New Democrats for their overall work on this very important bill. I can say that they get it. His question points to why the bill is so important. It is not a silver lining for now; we need more, and we are doing more as a government.