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{
    "time": "2021-02-26 12:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ron McKinnon (Coquitlam\u2014Port Coquitlam, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Ron McKinnon (Coquitlam\u2014Port Coquitlam, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6519644\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Madam Speaker, I am pleased to table petition e-2995. This petition was initiated by Juno Award-winning musician Steve Sainas of Port Coquitlam and was signed by 2,066 Canadians from every province and territory. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6519645\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petition calls upon the Government of Canada to create an ongoing Canadian musicians support fund to provide sustainable financial relief to professional musicians, so they can earn an annual living wage; support rebuilding our music economy by providing professional live music performance incentives to venues; and provide additional funding for creative grants to support new Canadian music creation, as well as for public school music education to foster the development of future Canadian musicians. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6519646\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petition also calls upon the government to amend the Broadcasting Act to consider which regulatory tools would be most suitable to address fair and transparent remuneration for music artists.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6519644\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je suis heureux de d\u00e9poser la p\u00e9tition \u00e9lectronique e-2995. Cette p\u00e9tition a \u00e9t\u00e9 lanc\u00e9e par le musicien Steve Sainas, de Port Coquitlam, laur\u00e9at d'un prix Juno, et a \u00e9t\u00e9 sign\u00e9e par 2 066 Canadiens repr\u00e9sentant toutes les provinces et tous les territoires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6519645\" data-originallang=\"en\">La p\u00e9tition demande au gouvernement du Canada de cr\u00e9er un fonds permanent de soutien aux musiciens canadiens afin de fournir une aide financi\u00e8re durable aux musiciens professionnels de mani\u00e8re \u00e0 ce qu'ils puissent recevoir un salaire annuel vital; de soutenir la reconstruction de notre \u00e9conomie de la musique en incitant les Canadiens \u00e0 aller voir des spectacles de musique professionnelle dans des salles de concert, et de donner un coup de pouce aux subventions \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation afin de soutenir les nouvelles cr\u00e9ations musicales canadiennes ainsi que l'enseignement de la musique dans les \u00e9coles publiques afin de favoriser l'\u00e9closion de futurs musiciens canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6519646\" data-originallang=\"en\">La p\u00e9tition demande \u00e9galement au gouvernement de modifier la Loi sur la radiodiffusion afin d'examiner quels seraient les outils r\u00e9glementaires les plus appropri\u00e9s pour assurer une r\u00e9mun\u00e9ration juste et transparente aux musiciens.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2021/2/26/ron-mckinnon-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ron-mckinnon/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4361/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11159646",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires Courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": "P\u00e9titions"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Live Music Industry",
        "fr": "Le secteur des spectacles musicaux"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2021/2/26/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2021%2F2%2F26%2F"
    }
}