News Industry  Mr. Speaker, journalism plays a fundamental role. It is one of the cornerstones of our democracy. That is why we invested $50 million in journalism in the last budget. We invested $14 million in minority communities. We helped strengthen CBC/Radio-Canada. I am currently touring t

News Industry  Mr. Speaker, I will let my colleague have some fun with his conspiracy theories. Practically speaking, we all know that professional journalism—high-quality, independent news—is one of the pillars of democracy. On this side of the House, we respect journalistic independence. That

Media Industry  Wow, Mr. Speaker. That is quite the conspiracy theory. We, on this side of the House, recognize the importance of professional journalism, which plays an important role in our society and is a cornerstone of our democracy. That is why we allocated $50 million for journalism in t

News Industry  Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we recognize how vital our journalists are. Canada is lucky to have professional journalists who work with facts. Professional journalism plays a key role in our society and is a cornerstone of our democracy. We are in talks with media rep

News and Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, this is really insulting, not to me, not to the government, but to the professional journalists. In our society, professional journalists play a key role. It is one of the pillars of our democracy. After attacking professional journalism, which other pillar of our de

Canadian Heritage committee  Madam Chair, distinguished committee members, thank you for inviting me to speak to you. With me today are Assistant Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs Jean-Stephen Piché and Andrew Francis, Chief Financial Officer. It's a true privilege to be Minister of Canadian Heritag

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your question. It's actually an extremely important question. If we want to continue introducing bills to protect and promote our cultural industry, we basically have to have the mechanisms we need to do so. We therefore needed a cultural exemption clause in the ag

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Breton. Once again, you're entirely right to say the strategy is very important. I gave a talk on it in Vancouver. It's really a vibrant city that relies to a large degree on the cultural sector, as do many other major cities and regions in all t

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll be very pleased to tell you about it, Mr. Breton. This is actually an absolute priority for me, and I'd even say it's one for the Prime Minister, for the government and probably for all members here. Language is our identity. It's the way we tell our stories; it's the way w

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your work.

Canadian Heritage committee  As you know, Mr. Blaney, my colleague Ms. Joly is responsible for the official languages file. I think she could answer that question. What's clear is that we have made historic investments amounting to $2.7 billion in official languages, if I'm not mistaken. We're walking side

Canadian Heritage committee  Come on.

Canadian Heritage committee  Do you think $600 million isn't enough?

Canadian Heritage committee  May I answer?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. As you know, Mr. Blaney, we're in the process of revising the statutes that govern the entire sector including the major media, digital platforms, Internet giants and others. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Many media players will die off even