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speech (committee meeting) resource
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{
"time": "2026-04-30 16:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "James Bezan",
"fr": "James Bezan"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9334946\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I would say this: I know some people think this could be an infringement on freedom of the press or freedom of expression, trying to censor what people are listening to. In our experience, though, a lot of corrupt regimes use these state broadcasters for propaganda. RT is by far the best choice. We know state television, whether out of Beijing or Iran.... They're all propaganda machines. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9334947\" data-originallang=\"en\">If we are going to ensure that.... When we decide, as Parliament or the Government of Canada, that we're going to sanction the broadcaster itself, the state sponsor, or the kleptocrat or oligarch who owns it, it should be an immediate thing that happens. We cancel that licence so they can't continue to broadcast.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9334946\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je r\u00e9pondrais ainsi au commentaire: je sais que certains voient dans cette formulation une atteinte \u00e0 la libert\u00e9 de la presse ou \u00e0 la libert\u00e9 d'expression \u2014 une tentative de censurer ce que la population \u00e9coute. Cependant, d'apr\u00e8s notre exp\u00e9rience, de nombreux r\u00e9gimes corrompus se servent des radiodiffuseurs d'\u00c9tat \u00e0 des fins de propagande. Russia Today est de loin le meilleur exemple. Nous savons que la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision d'\u00c9tat, que l'on pense \u00e0 celle de P\u00e9kin ou d'Iran... Ce sont toutes des machines \u00e0 propagande.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9334947\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si nous voulons garantir que... Lorsque nous d\u00e9cidons \u2014 nous qui repr\u00e9sentons le Parlement ou le gouvernement du Canada \u2014 de sanctionner le radiodiffuseur lui-m\u00eame, l'\u00c9tat qui l'appuie, ou le kleptocrate ou l'oligarque qui en est propri\u00e9taire, la peine devrait \u00eatre impos\u00e9e sur\u2011le\u2011champ. Nous devons annuler la licence pour faire cesser la diffusion du contenu.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/foreign-affairs/45-1/33/james-bezan-13/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/james-bezan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4235/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13485365",
"document_url": "/committees/foreign-affairs/45-1/33/",
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}
}