CBC/Radio-Canada  Mr. Speaker, they can keep asking the question; the answer is going to be the same. CBC is responsible for its own operations. It is up to the CBC to provide programming that Canadians actually want to watch and listen to, in both of our official languages. Our government provid

CBC/Radio-Canada  Mr. Speaker, I am happy to repeat the answer I gave to this question earlier in question period. The CBC is responsible for its own operations. It is up to the CBC to provide programming that Canadians actually want to watch and listen to in both English and French. Our governm

CBC/Radio-Canada  Mr. Speaker, as the member knows, the CBC is responsible for its own operations. It is up to the CBC to provide programming that Canadians actually want to watch and listen to in both of our official languages. Our government provides, on a yearly basis, the CBC with very signi

CBC/Radio-Canada  Mr. Speaker, the member makes some sort of argument that the success, quality, growth, independence and delivery of service that is completed by a crown corporation is going to vastly improve just because money is offered and put on the table. She can say that her party is going

CBC/Radio-Canada  Mr. Speaker, I am not quite sure what the question was there. It kind of jumped all over in about four, five or maybe six different areas. However, what I will do is give a brief overview of the CBC and then certainly respond to a direct allegation that the member has made on two

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, we could stand here and do this all day and all night. The fact is that it is clear that the member is trying to find specific issues. I have relayed them back. She gave an example. I stated the example. In this case, it was an American example, Rosa Parks, who certa

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, I will attempt to respond to the member's question, although I think it is fairly straightforward and understandable. It is in the notes here, but I am surprised she would not actually realize it. The international jihadist movement has declared war on Canada. Canad

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, the member is well aware of the rapidly changing media environment, to which no industry is immune in our country. We are carefully reviewing the decision, but to come back to the main point, we created the Canada media fund specifically to assist Canadians in the

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, Canada's television, film, and digital media industry contributes nearly 125,000 jobs to the Canadian economy. That is why we proudly created the Canada media fund in 2009 to help with the creation of quality by Canadians for Canadians. Our government has worked tir

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, that is actually not true. Consultation has taken place on this monument, and the fact that it was brought forward by the organizations involved should be respected by the member across. The memorial will honour more than 100 million lives lost under communist regime

Stratford Festival  Mr. Speaker, I do not know if my colleague, who is the critic for the Liberal Party on the Canadian heritage committee stole a little of my thunder or whether I will reiterate some lines he may have used, not only because they are famous and great and written by Shakespeare but a

Stratford Festival  Mr. Speaker, I am hearing from across the floor, in a very non-partisan way, that we can share the honour. I think if Niagara or Stratford were to be displayed to the rest of the world, they would show an amazing example of what culture, theatre, and heritage are, not just to ou

Parliamentary Precinct Security  Mr. Speaker, there is no issue around an individual in this House presenting his or her position on a particular motion or piece of legislation. That is understood in our democracy. However, when the member indicates and repeatedly states our perspective on the security folks w

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, the member referred to a couple, including the festival program, which, as you know, benefited your riding, the riding of St. Catharines, and ridings across this country as a stimulus program. She mentioned the programs not running again. Her community and her city

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to respond to the member's comments. Whether as a municipal councillor over the years, as an employee of the provincial government, or here as a federal member of Parliament in the House of Commons, when I negotiate things on behalf of t