Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, The hon. member for Lethbridge talks about the success stories of digital creators, and there are many, but we heard through evidence that the vast majority of Canadians make nothing, despite the fact that they have enough followers to monetized on these sites. We

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, it is clear the hon. member did not pay any attention to what went on during the debate. We had numerous experts, and the vast majority of them were in favour of this bill. The Conservatives cannot call one expert and one former CRTC commissioner and say everyone i

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, digital creators are creators. They are artists. This is at the heart of what we are doing. It is a bit unfortunate that this entire debate seems to suggest that these people are excluded from who the government wants to see succeed. We want everyone to succeed. W

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to also thank the hon. member for his work on this file. We heard from many witnesses across the board, from Quebec and the rest of Canada, about how important this legislation is, with the vast majority of them telling us how important it is to exped

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, I share the hon. member's concern about what Google is doing. It is taking a page out of Facebook's playbook when Australia attempted to provide regulation in the digital sphere. It thought that it could intimidate Australians to back down, but they did not. Unfor

Online Streaming Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to add a few comments on Hon. Marc Garneau's retirement. I was fortunate to serve as his parliamentary secretary when he was the minister of transport. It is funny, when I was appointed someone came to me and said, “Hey, you know, there are a pile of sc

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, on the same point of order, if I did, it was unintentional. I do apologize to the House.

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, the Canadian heritage committee has been discussing this for a year, in both the House and the Senate. The hon. member has been absent and has just taken notice of it this week, after the past year of debating it. In Quebec, artists have called upon the government,

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, looking at my watch, I see it is 2023. Where has the hon. member been the last year when this was being debated before the House and the Senate? Actors, authors, composers, producers, musicians and singers from Quebec are on side. They want to see the bill pass. By

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, today we learned that 240 jobs have been cut in the media sector in Quebec. That is 240 families that have lost revenue they were counting on. Our hearts are with them. This is happening too often. It is time that tech giants pay their fair share toward our culture.

Canadian Artists and Creators  Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, Made Nous launched its new campaign, Made Better, designed to show Canadians how much they have to celebrate when it comes to the entertainment industry. Made Better includes a series of 30-second montages that highlight Canadians in film, televis

Foreign Affairs  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member. It is my second question from her today, and she is consistent in her passion for human rights, both in Canada and abroad. Canada and its allies work closely together to seek changes in policies and behaviour of individuals a

Foreign Affairs  Madam Speaker, Canada's sanction measures are unprecedented in their impact, scope and level of coordination with our international partners. We recognize the importance of ensuring the effectiveness of Canada's sanctions through enhanced enforcement, broader across-government co

Infrastructure  Madam Speaker, the member said “defend the indefensible” without irony. He still to this day has not addressed the charges against him that he hid from his constituents. It is shocking that every four to six months he pretends to care about issues relating to Canadian heritage.

Infrastructure  Madam Speaker, the opening of the member's speech about the Minister of Infrastructure was truly disingenuous, as he then asked an infrastructure question. However, I guess that is unsurprising given his disingenuous candidacy and the lack of information he shared with his consti