{"time": "2010-04-15 17:25:00", "attribution": {"en": "Ms. Libby Davies", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1875591\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, here again is a very good example of what is buried within the budget implement bill. The whole issue of the public broadcaster and funding for the arts. I know many of us are actually part of the arts caucus that reflects members from different parties, but we are very concerned about the state of arts and culture in Canada. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1875592\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member is right to point out that buried in this document there are a few lines that somehow say that we should not worry, that everything is okay, but the reality is that our public broadcaster, as well as our cultural institutions, have suffered enormously. We should know that an investment in the arts and culture and in artists is very beneficial to society as a whole in terms of not only cultural benefits, but also in economic benefits.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1875593\" data-originallang=\"en\">This idea that within the bill everything is okay for arts and culture is just another fraud that is being put through in this budget implementation bill.</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1875591\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, voici encore une fois un tr\u00e8s bon exemple de ce que cache le projet de loi d'ex\u00e9cution du budget. Toute la question des radiodiffuseurs publics et du financement des arts s'y trouve. Le caucus des arts compte des d\u00e9put\u00e9s de toutes les all\u00e9geances. Bon nombre d'entre nous qui en faisons partie sommes tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s de la situation des arts et de la culture au Canada. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1875592\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a raison de signaler que les quelques lignes dans le budget sur la question disent en quelque sorte qu'il ne faut pas s'inqui\u00e9ter, que tout va bien, mais, en r\u00e9alit\u00e9, notre radiodiffuseur public ainsi que nos institutions culturelles ont \u00e9norm\u00e9ment souffert. Il faudrait se rappeler que les investissements dans les arts et la culture ainsi que dans les artistes sont tr\u00e8s b\u00e9n\u00e9fiques pour l'ensemble de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9, non seulement sur plan culturel, mais \u00e9galement sur le plan \u00e9conomique. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1875593\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le fait de laisser entendre dans le projet de loi d'ex\u00e9cution du budget que tout va bien pour les arts et la culture n'est qu'une autre supercherie. </p>"}, "url": "/debates/2010/4/15/libby-davies-4/", "politician_url": "/politicians/libby-davies/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2499/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "3098216", "h1": {"en": "Government Orders", "fr": ""}, "h2": {"en": "Jobs and Economic Growth Act", "fr": ""}, "document_url": "/debates/2010/4/15/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2010%2F4%2F15%2F"}}