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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2014-05-15 15:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Paul Calandra",
"fr": "M. Paul Calandra"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3728868\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the hon. member chooses to ignore the fact that it was this government that increased funding to the CBC substantially, having to reverse the cuts that the Liberals made to the CBC when they were balancing their budgets on the backs of the provinces and individuals, which I think was $457 million. I could be wrong on the amount, but I know it was to the tune of $400 million worth of cuts. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3728869\" data-originallang=\"en\">We took an opposite approach. We decided we had to protect arts and culture in our country. That is why we increased funding to arts and culture across Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3728870\" data-originallang=\"en\">The CBC recognizes the fact that it has lost some important programming that brings advertising revenue in. I trust it will be able to make the types of decisions that will allow it to continue to meet its mandate in English and French throughout Canada. It has the independence to do that. It has proven in the past it can do it, and I suspect it will achieve that goal.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3728868\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 choisit d'ignorer que le gouvernement a augment\u00e9 le financement de CBC/Radio-Canada de fa\u00e7on consid\u00e9rable, pour compenser les compressions de 457 millions de dollars, je crois, faites par les lib\u00e9raux lorsqu'ils ont \u00e9quilibr\u00e9 leur budget aux d\u00e9pens des provinces et des contribuables. Ce n'est peut-\u00eatre pas le chiffre exact, mais je sais que c'\u00e9tait des compressions de l'ordre de 400 millions de dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3728869\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons adopt\u00e9 l'approche contraire. Nous avons d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de prot\u00e9ger les arts et la culture du pays. C'est pourquoi nous avons augment\u00e9 le financement des arts et de la culture dans l'ensemble du Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3728870\" data-originallang=\"en\">CBC/Radio-Canada reconna\u00eet qu'elle a perdu d'importantes \u00e9missions qui g\u00e9n\u00e9raient des recettes publicitaires. J'ai confiance que la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 prendra les d\u00e9cisions qui lui permettront de continuer de remplir son mandat, en anglais et en fran\u00e7ais, dans l'ensemble du Canada. Elle a d\u00e9j\u00e0 prouv\u00e9 qu'elle pouvait le faire, et je crois qu'elle atteindra cet objectif.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/5/15/paul-calandra-7/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/paul-calandra/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/979/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8368395",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014CBC/Radio-Canada",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition\u2014CBC/Radio-Canada"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2014/5/15/",
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}
}