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{
"time": "2019-06-03 17:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Marco Mendicino (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Marco Mendicino (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de l\u2019Infrastructure et des Collectivit\u00e9s, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5961066\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, very few other members in the House can speak with the amount of experience and credibility on the subject of the importance of having an independent media and an independent source of journalism, which is a pillar of our democracy, than the member for <a data-HoCid=\"214155\" href=\"/politicians/adam-vaughan/\" title=\"Adam Vaughan\">Spadina\u2014Fort York</a>. I also want to commend him for being a pretty hard-hitting reporter, but at the same time, for showing some restraint when he was nearly tackled by a former staffer of the last Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5961067\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I wonder if the member could explain why, in his view, the Conservatives of the day seem to have such a hard time recognizing the importance of having Unifor and, generally speaking, labour at the table when it comes to protecting the interests of having an independent media. As he has already explained, this is about saving jobs and about ensuring we have a healthy democracy. That is advanced by having an independent media.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5961066\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, tr\u00e8s peu de d\u00e9put\u00e9s peuvent s'appuyer sur une exp\u00e9rience et une cr\u00e9dibilit\u00e9 semblables \u00e0 celles du d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"214155\" href=\"/politicians/adam-vaughan/\" title=\"Adam Vaughan\">Spadina\u2014Fort York</a> pour parler de l'importance de l'ind\u00e9pendance des m\u00e9dias et du journalisme, qui est un pilier de la d\u00e9mocratie au Canada. Je tiens aussi \u00e0 le f\u00e9liciter d'avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 un journaliste plut\u00f4t percutant tout en ayant fait preuve de retenue lorsqu'il a presque \u00e9t\u00e9 attaqu\u00e9 par un ancien membre du personnel du premier ministre conservateur pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent, Stephen Harper.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5961067\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je me demande si le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pourrait expliquer pourquoi, \u00e0 son avis, les conservateurs d'aujourd'hui semblent avoir \u00e9norm\u00e9ment de difficult\u00e9 \u00e0 reconna\u00eetre l'importance d'inclure Unifor et, de fa\u00e7on g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, les syndicats \u00e0 la table des discussions pour prot\u00e9ger les avantages d'avoir des m\u00e9dias ind\u00e9pendants. Comme il l'a d\u00e9j\u00e0 expliqu\u00e9, il s'agit de sauver des emplois et de faire en sorte que nous ayons une d\u00e9mocratie saine. Le fait de pouvoir compter sur des m\u00e9dias ind\u00e9pendants contribue \u00e0 y arriver.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2019/6/3/marco-mendicino-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/marco-mendicino/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4288/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10671193",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00c9manant Du Gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014News Media Industry",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 L'industrie des m\u00e9dias d'information"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2019/6/3/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2019%2F6%2F3%2F"
}
}