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{
"time": "2014-05-15 17:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Sadia Groguh\u00e9 (Saint-Lambert, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Sadia Groguh\u00e9 (Saint-Lambert, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3729088\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3729089\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would say that this is a death knell. It is clear that when funding is cut, when our public broadcaster does not have the room to be as eclectic as possible, to reach as broad a range of television viewers as possible and connect with the public, then the public broadcaster is in trouble. That is the position the Conservatives are putting the broadcaster in. When budgets are cut then there will obviously be a negative impact.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3729090\" data-originallang=\"fr\">That being said, a public broadcaster has its purpose. It is the primary and central tool of the public. The Conservatives are losing sight of that, as they have done with other crown corporations. We see that they are at it again with our public broadcaster and that is not right. This also has adverse effects on our democracy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3729091\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Can my colleague share her thoughts on this?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3729088\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie ma coll\u00e8gue de son discours.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3729089\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je dirais plut\u00f4t qu'on est vraiment dans une chronique de mort annonc\u00e9e. Il est clair que lorsqu'on r\u00e9duit le financement, lorsqu'on ne laisse pas \u00e0 notre diffuseur public la possibilit\u00e9 de pouvoir \u00eatre plus \u00e9clectique, de s'adresser de fa\u00e7on beaucoup plus large aux t\u00e9l\u00e9spectateurs et de pouvoir toucher \u00e0 son public, oui, on peut dire, comme le font les conservateurs, que le diffuseur public est en p\u00e9ril. Quand on sabre dans les budgets, cela a bien \u00e9videmment des effets n\u00e9gatifs et n\u00e9fastes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3729090\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cela dit, un diffuseur public a sa raison d'\u00eatre. Il est d'abord l'outil principal et central de la population. Les conservateurs perdent cela de vue, comme ils l'ont fait avec d'autres soci\u00e9t\u00e9s d'\u00c9tat. On s'aper\u00e7oit qu'ils remettent cela avec notre diffuseur public, et ce n'est pas normal. Il y a aussi des effets n\u00e9gatifs en ce qui concerne tout simplement notre d\u00e9mocratie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3729091\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Est-ce que ma coll\u00e8gue peut nous donner son avis \u00e0 ce sujet?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/5/15/sadia-groguhe-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/sadia-groguhe/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4094/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8369510",
"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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}
}