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speech (committee meeting) resource
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{
"time": "2006-10-16 11:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Barry Blake",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"215918\" data-originallang=\"en\">In 1999, with the change in CRTC regulations, our broadcasters were freed from Canadian content and from minimum spending on drama. Unfortunately, they are now buying a dumped product at a few cents on the dollar from our American friends south of the border. Since 1999, when they were given the freedom to show how they would do things with fewer restrictions, they've done exactly that. We've gone from 12 prime-time dramatic offerings in the late 1990s to two at present, and we're lucky to hold on to those. So I wouldn't count on that as....</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"215918\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 la suite des modifications apport\u00e9es aux r\u00e8glements du CRTC en 1999, nos t\u00e9l\u00e9diffuseurs n'avaient plus les mains li\u00e9es quant au contenu canadien et aux d\u00e9penses minimales sur les \u00e9missions dramatiques. Malheureusement, ils sont en train d'acheter \u00e0 rabais un produit qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 rejet\u00e9 par nos voisins du Sud. Depuis 1999, c'est-\u00e0-dire \u00e0 partir du moment o\u00f9 on leur a accord\u00e9 plus de libert\u00e9 quant au choix de programmation, ils font exactement ce qu'on attendait d'eux. \u00c0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 90, il y avait 12 \u00e9missions dramatiques aux heures de grande \u00e9coute, alors qu'il n'y en a plus que deux \u00e0 l'heure actuelle, et d'ailleurs nous avons de la chance de les avoir toujours, ces deux-l\u00e0. Alors, il ne faudrait pas ce fier \u00e0...</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/39-1/32/barry-blake-12/",
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"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1692585",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/39-1/32/",
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}