Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I certainly welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion put forth by my colleague from the NDP. It should be highlighted immediately that the relationship between the government and CBC/Radio-Canada is an arm's-length relationship, and there are good reasons for t

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, I will take the member's question under advisement and get back to him with an answer in due course.

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, the member actually answered his question in his question when he stated that the CBC is in fact an independent organization that operates at arm's length from the government. When it comes to the direction it wants to take, whether it be programming, whether it be f

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, this member knows as well that CBC operates independently and at arm's length from the government. What folks would probably like to understand is that currently we are undertaking a study of Canadian music and the way that music is funded and the growth of all the

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), this $25 million is part of the current parliamentary appropriation for the Canada Council of the Arts and was slated to sunset on March 31, 2015. The government announced in budget 2014 the permanent renewal of these funds starting in 2015-16.

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the only part of that question that actually resonated with me was his statement that the Province of Ontario needs to take responsibility for its actions, or lack thereof. It has not acted on manufacturing, it has not acted on jobs, and it has not acted on building

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, it is an interesting question. This government has always believed that when the government has the ability within its particular ministries to deliver services, it does so without having to reach to outside sources. However, the member has been around this place a

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to conclude my comments. As I was stating, the provincial government, when it comes to the funding for health care and the transfers from the federal government to the provinces, has not released a budget for the fiscal year. Therefore,

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin my remarks on economic action plan 2014 by acknowledging its author. Our former minister of finance, the member for Whitby—Oshawa, was given an extremely difficult task, but under his stewardship Canada managed to keep on the right track through

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission  Mr. Speaker, I will let him know that the CRTC is doing its work and fulfilling its mandate. When it comes to the filling of positions, whether they be in Quebec or anywhere else in our country, we ensure that they are done properly, that there is full research, and interviews ha

Sports  Mr. Speaker, I am not sure where the member was for the last five years, but if he had watched the Olympics in Vancouver, if he had watched the Olympics in Sochi, he would have seen a program we implemented and funded, with record proportions, called own the podium. It is a progr

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I was waiting for this supplementary. We have invested an additional, actually permanent funding of $9 million for a $37 million total for the Canada book fund, an additional $9 million for the Canada music fund, and we have actually added $25 million for the Canadi

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the finance minister, in the budget, does commit to ensuring that both those budgets will remain intact for 2014.

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his question. The minister is focused on this issue. It is indeed an issue that we are pursuing, and we will get back to him with an answer shortly.

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), the Public Service Commission does not collect data with respect to how many positions were cut in the federal government. With regard to (b), the commission’s information systems do not capture public service hiring information by federal ridin