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{
"time": "2019-06-03 17:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Scott Simms (Coast of Bays\u2014Central\u2014Notre Dame, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Scott Simms (Coast of Bays\u2014Central\u2014Notre Dame, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5961096\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for his intervention and for providing the history of his family, because I think it is very pertinent to this particular debate.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5961097\" data-originallang=\"en\">The only thing I have a question about is a fundamental difference in philosophy. I would say to put aside for a moment the Unifor debate, as he and I will disagree about that. However, when he talks about picking winners and losers in this process, the process is similar to what has been going on for years. It is similar even to what his government supported in the last Parliament, such as the Canada Media Fund. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5961098\" data-originallang=\"en\">Looking back at the golden days of cable television, the CRTC picked channels on basic cable to reap in funds because of subscriptions. We could say that, too, was about winners and losers. There were fundamental choices that we made to support those particular channels. The CBC is the ultimate example; the government provides a billion dollars a year to help fund it, although not fully. It has a newsroom. It is not a state broadcaster. It is a public broadcaster, similar to what is around the globe.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5961099\" data-originallang=\"en\">Is it this particular scheme, as my colleague calls it, that bothers him, or is it the fundamental practice of picking winners and losers? I think that is probably the wrong path to go down.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5961096\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je tiens \u00e0 remercier mon coll\u00e8gue de son intervention et je lui sais gr\u00e9 d'avoir fait l\u2019historique de sa famille, car je pense que c\u2019est tr\u00e8s pertinent pour ce d\u00e9bat particulier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5961097\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a une seule chose sur laquelle j\u2019ai une question. C'est \u00e0 propos d'une diff\u00e9rence fondamentale de philosophie. Je dirais de mettre de c\u00f4t\u00e9 un instant le d\u00e9bat sur Unifor, car le d\u00e9put\u00e9 et moi ne sommes pas d\u2019accord l\u00e0-dessus. Toutefois, il dit que le processus fait des gagnants et des perdants. Or, ce processus est similaire \u00e0 ce qui se fait depuis des ann\u00e9es. Il ressemble m\u00eame \u00e0 celui que le gouvernement conservateur a appuy\u00e9 au cours de la derni\u00e8re l\u00e9gislature, comme le Fonds des m\u00e9dias du Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5961098\" data-originallang=\"en\">Remontons \u00e0 la belle \u00e9poque de la c\u00e2blodistribution: le CRTC choisissait les cha\u00eenes de base pour r\u00e9colter des fonds gr\u00e2ce aux abonnements. Nous pourrions dire que c\u2019\u00e9tait aussi une question de gagnants et de perdants. Des choix fondamentaux ont \u00e9t\u00e9 faits pour appuyer des canaux particuliers. CBC/Radio-Canada en est l\u2019exemple parfait: le gouvernement contribue \u00e0 son financement \u00e0 hauteur de un milliard de dollars par ann\u00e9e, mais il ne le finance pas int\u00e9gralement. Il y a une salle de r\u00e9daction. Ce n\u2019est pas un radiodiffuseur d\u2019\u00c9tat. C\u2019est un radiodiffuseur public, semblable \u00e0 ceux que l\u2019on retrouve ailleurs dans le monde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5961099\" data-originallang=\"en\">Qu'est-ce qui d\u00e9range mon coll\u00e8gue, au juste? Est-ce cette man\u0153uvre pr\u00e9cise, pour reprendre le mot qu'il a employ\u00e9, ou est-ce l'id\u00e9e m\u00eame de choisir des gagnants et des perdants? Je pense que c\u2019est probablement la mauvaise voie \u00e0 suivre.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2019/6/3/scott-simms-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/scott-simms/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4373/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10671434",
"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/",
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}
}