News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives want to decide who should be on the panel. They decided that the workers should not be there and that the journalists should not be represented. The Leader of the Opposition, this week, went as far as to say that he is going to tell CBC how to cover

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, we will do so by ensuring that we have a strong and independent free press. That is exactly how we are going to do it. That is exactly what the Conservatives do not want. We want a strong press that asks tough questions. Sometimes, we may not feel like answering all

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, that is a fascinating conspiracy theory. It is impressive to hear. Ultimately, the Conservatives are attacking one of the foundations of our democracy. They are attacking the media. A free and independent press is one of the pillars of democracy and that is what the

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, we are seeing the free press being attacked all around the world, and today the Conservatives are officially joining that movement. The Conservatives decided to use their allotted day to attack the Canadian press and journalists. That is worrisome. The Conservatives

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, unlike the Conservatives, we do not want just CEOs around the table. Yes, we want the CEOs, but we also want people who are representing the entire industry: the journalists, the workers, the people in the newsroom, small papers, large papers in English and French. W

News Media Industry  That is another attack on workers, Mr. Speaker. Why are the Conservatives so scared of middle-class workers? Under the Harper regime, they waged a war on workers' rights. They made it more difficult for workers to organize freely, bargain collectively and work in safe environmen

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, from the outset, we have stressed the importance of having everyone around the table, including newspaper owners, the people working in the newsroom, and unions representing journalists and workers. What we on this side of the House want is a free press, a strong pr

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, there is a series of attacks across the world against the free press, and today the Conservative Party has officially joined the movement. The Conservatives have decided to take the entire day to attack Canadian media and Canadian journalists. It is very concerning:

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, today we see another attack on unions. Why are the Conservatives so scared of middle-class workers? Under the Harper regime, they waged a war on workers' rights. They made it more difficult for workers to organize freely, bargain collectively and work in safe environ

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, there is something deeply offensive in that, not towards me or the government, but towards journalists, the men and women who have built their careers on integrity, professionalism, independence and the freedom to think, act and write. Today the Conservatives are sa

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, that is another direct attack against workers. Why are the Conservatives so afraid of the middle class and our workers? They waged war against workers under the Harper government. They tried to make it harder to organize freely, bargain collectively and work in safe

News Media Industry  In very few words, that is totally false, Mr. Speaker. Let me talk about this program for print media: millions of dollars in support for the news and media industry, helping Canadians get the information they need, supporting expensive costs for shipping, special funding for un

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, our thoughts are with the employees and their families. The loss of even just one job is a tragedy, particularly when it affects the culture and communications sector. The NDP should be asking the Conservatives that question. They sat on their hands for 10 years whi

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, once again, the question should be asked of the Conservatives. For 10 full years, they did nothing. On our side, we work. We put in place a panel that will give recommendations, and we will change the law, a law that predates the Internet. While they did nothing, we

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is in fine form today. As I said earlier, he should be saying those things to the Conservatives, who were in power for 10 years and did absolutely nothing. Since taking office, we have created a committee that is in the process of analyzing all of this