{"time": "2006-06-13 11:55:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Charlie Angus", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"23787\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I did read that. I found that during the election and I also spent a great deal of time when the budget came down trying to find culture. I even looked it up under K, but it was not there in the budget either.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"23788\" data-originallang=\"en\">The question in terms of a commitment to a public broadcaster is meaningless, unless we are talking about a commitment in financing. That is what has been noticeably absent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"23789\" data-originallang=\"en\">When we hear comments from the minister that the public broadcaster should have a distinctive role which should not be in competition with private broadcasters, I think, what are we talking about then? Are we talking about taking away the ability of CBC to raise advertising revenues so that it becomes a small, diminutive education network that is on channel 300 of the multi-screen universe? If it cannot compete for advertising revenues, I certainly do not see anything in the Conservative budget or in terms of the language the Conservatives have used that they would be willing to fund it to the degree necessary for television to be able to provide the kind of programming that it needs in the very expensive television markets of today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"23790\" data-originallang=\"en\">The government is committed to maintaining a public broadcaster, but that could take any form. Right now, our concern is that the form it would take would be in a very diminished role, unless we hear some very clear commitments that yes means yes. Yes means a public broadcaster that is fully funded. Yes means a broadcaster that is able to carry on its role in the region and yes, this is a broadcaster that can compete against a private broadcaster for advertising revenues.</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"23787\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, effectivement, j'ai lu cela. Je suis tomb\u00e9 l\u00e0-dessus pendant la campagne \u00e9lectorale et, apr\u00e8s la pr\u00e9sentation du budget, j'y ai longuement cherch\u00e9 une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 la culture. Je l'ai m\u00eame cherch\u00e9e sous la lettre K, mais en vain.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"23788\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'engagement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral envers un radiodiffuseur public est vide de sens s'il n'est pas assorti d'engagements financiers. C'est cela qui brille par son absence.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"23789\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lorsque nous entendons la ministre d\u00e9clarer que le radiodiffuseur devrait jouer un r\u00f4le distinct et ne pas concurrencer les radiodiffuseurs priv\u00e9s, je me demande de quoi il s'agit, dans ces conditions. S'agit-il d'enlever \u00e0 Radio-Canada la capacit\u00e9 de r\u00e9colter des revenus par la publicit\u00e9, de sorte que cette soci\u00e9t\u00e9 deviendrait un r\u00e9seau \u00e9ducatif minuscule qu'on peut capter \u00e0 la cha\u00eene 300 dans un univers d'explosion de l'offre de cha\u00eenes? Si elle ne peut pas faire concurrence pour l'obtention de revenus publicitaires, je ne vois absolument rien dans le budget des conservateurs, ou d'apr\u00e8s leurs propos, indiquant qu'ils sont dispos\u00e9s \u00e0 accorder \u00e0 Radio-Canada le financement n\u00e9cessaire pour qu'elle assure la programmation visuelle voulue sur les march\u00e9s d'aujourd'hui, qui sont tr\u00e8s on\u00e9reux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"23790\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement est r\u00e9solu \u00e0 maintenir un radiodiffuseur public, mais cela peut prendre tout un \u00e9ventail de formes. Pour l'heure, nous craignons que le r\u00f4le de Radio-Radio ne soit fortement contract\u00e9 et nous le craindrons tant et aussi longtemps que n'auront pas \u00e9t\u00e9 pris des engagements tout \u00e0 fait clairs synonymes de \u00ab oui au radiodiffuseur public \u00bb. Un \u00ab oui \u00bb signifiant que le financement du radiodiffuseur public sera \u00e0 la pleine hauteur de ses besoins. Un \u00ab oui \u00bb signifiant que le radiodiffuseur sera \u00e0 m\u00eame de jouer son r\u00f4le dans les r\u00e9gions et un \u00ab oui \u00bb voulant dire que ce radiodiffuseur public pourra faire concurrence \u00e0 un radiodiffuseur priv\u00e9 pour obtenir des revenus publicitaires.</p>"}, "url": "/debates/2006/6/13/charlie-angus-5/", "politician_url": "/politicians/charlie-angus/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1434/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "1591734", "h1": {"en": "Routine Proceedings", "fr": ""}, "h2": {"en": "Committees of the House", "fr": ""}, "h3": {"en": "Canadian Heritage", "fr": ""}, "document_url": "/debates/2006/6/13/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2006%2F6%2F13%2F"}}