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{
"time": "2026-05-07 16:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Michael Chong",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Michael Chong"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9362186\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I know what happened. They issued a directive under section 15. They basically nudged the CRTC, which held a hearing and concluded that RT should be pulled off the airwaves. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9362187\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think we need to be a bit more categorical about authoritarian state-controlled broadcasters, and not just RT. CGTN should have been pulled at the same time. That's why I'm suggesting section 7, or some derivative thereof, and proceeding in that fashion. The intent of the drafters of the bill was to get authoritarian state-controlled broadcasters off our airwaves. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9362188\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I would disagree with you on one thing: It's not the same as the Internet, because long-standing Supreme Court rulings have said that the broadcast system, as regulated by the CRTC, is a public entity. It is owned by the Government of Canada, and we are under no obligation to allow authoritarian state-controlled broadcasters to use publicly owned airwaves, which is what they are. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9362189\" data-originallang=\"en\">That's very different and distinct from the Internet, the publication of books or newspapers, or the distribution of materials. These are public airwaves. They're owned by the public and they're owned by the Government of Canada. In my view, the Government of Canada is well within its rights to determine what goes on those airwaves and what doesn't. That's why we have a whole Canadian content policy that's been in place for decades. We don't do that to newspapers or other private forms of media. That's a distinction I would make. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9362186\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je sais ce qui s'est pass\u00e9. On a \u00e9mis une directive en vertu de l'article 15. En gros, cela a pouss\u00e9 le CRTC \u00e0 agir; il a tenu une audience et conclu que cette cha\u00eene devait \u00eatre retir\u00e9e des ondes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9362187\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je pense que nous devons nous montrer un peu plus fermes \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des radiodiffuseurs contr\u00f4l\u00e9s par un \u00c9tat autoritaire. Il n'y a pas que Russia Today. La cha\u00eene CGTN aurait d\u00fb \u00eatre retir\u00e9e des ondes en m\u00eame temps. C'est pourquoi je propose de recourir \u00e0 l'article 7, ou \u00e0 une disposition d\u00e9riv\u00e9e de celui\u2011ci. L'intention des r\u00e9dacteurs du projet de loi \u00e9tait de retirer de nos ondes les radiodiffuseurs contr\u00f4l\u00e9s par un \u00c9tat autoritaire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9362188\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne suis pas d'accord avec vous sur un point: ce n'est pas comme avec Internet, car des d\u00e9cisions de la Cour supr\u00eame rendues il y a longtemps \u00e9tablissent que le syst\u00e8me de radiodiffusion, r\u00e9glement\u00e9 par le CRTC, est une entit\u00e9 publique. Il appartient au gouvernement du Canada, et nous ne sommes pas tenus de permettre aux radiodiffuseurs contr\u00f4l\u00e9s par un \u00c9tat autoritaire d'utiliser des ondes publiques, car c'est bien de cela qu'il s'agit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9362189\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cette situation est tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rente de ce qui se passe avec Internet, la publication de livres ou de journaux ou la distribution de mat\u00e9riel. Il est question ici d'ondes publiques. Elles appartiennent \u00e0 la population et au gouvernement du Canada. \u00c0 mon avis, le gouvernement du Canada a tout \u00e0 fait le droit de d\u00e9terminer ce qui peut \u00eatre diffus\u00e9 ou non sur ces ondes. C'est pourquoi il existe depuis des d\u00e9cennies une politique sur le contenu canadien. Il n'y a rien de tel pour les journaux ou d'autres formes de m\u00e9dias priv\u00e9s. C'est une distinction que je tiens \u00e0 faire.</p>"
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