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{
    "time": "2024-10-29 12:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Kody Blois",
        "fr": "M. Kody Blois"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8651178\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, there was a lot in that question; I appreciate the sentiment. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8651179\" data-originallang=\"en\">First of all, the <a data-HoCid=\"300004\" href=\"/politicians/pascale-st-onge/\" title=\"Pascale St-Onge\">Minister of Canadian Heritage</a> has committed to releasing guiding principles and the things the government would like to see in terms of coverage in rural Canada. Obviously, depending on the plan and its contents, which will be coming, it may mean an increase in funding and an examination of how we can best support our public broadcaster to reform and meet the needs of modern Canada today. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8651180\" data-originallang=\"en\">In my speech, I did not say that CBC is beyond reproach. Public broadcasting is fundamental in this country, but reform is also necessary. I completely agree with the member's sentiment about the reckless nature of the Conservatives talking about cutting public broadcasting in an environment in which we are being subjugated to algorithms, increasing social media and disinformation. This is not just from content users, necessarily, but also from foreign states. It has been very clear that foreign states are trying to use social media platforms to sow discontent in democracies. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8651181\" data-originallang=\"en\">The last thing I want to say, which I said in my remarks, is this: I find it ironic that the Conservatives will run down our public broadcaster, but when it suits their narrative, I see stories from the public broadcaster that are critical of the government on their social media. I repeat that, in my neck of the woods, it is called complete hypocrisy.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8651178\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il y avait beaucoup de choses dans cette question, mais je comprends le point soulev\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8651179\" data-originallang=\"en\">Tout d'abord, la <a data-HoCid=\"300004\" href=\"/politicians/pascale-st-onge/\" title=\"Pascale St-Onge\">ministre du Patrimoine canadien</a> s'est engag\u00e9e \u00e0 publier des principes directeurs et ce que le gouvernement aimerait voir en mati\u00e8re de couverture dans les r\u00e9gions rurales du Canada. \u00c9videmment, en fonction du plan \u00e0 venir et de son contenu, cela pourrait se traduire par une augmentation du financement et un examen de la mani\u00e8re dont nous pouvons mieux soutenir notre radiodiffuseur public et le r\u00e9former afin qu'il r\u00e9ponde aux besoins du Canada moderne. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8651180\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans mon discours, je n'ai pas dit que CBC/Radio-Canada \u00e9tait irr\u00e9prochable. La radiodiffusion publique est fondamentale dans ce pays, mais une r\u00e9forme est \u00e9galement n\u00e9cessaire. Je suis tout \u00e0 fait d'accord avec la d\u00e9put\u00e9e lorsqu'elle dit qu'il serait irresponsable de la part des conservateurs d'\u00e9liminer la radiodiffusion publique en cette \u00e8re d'algorithmes, de m\u00e9dias sociaux et de d\u00e9sinformation. Cela ne vient pas seulement des utilisateurs de contenu, n\u00e9cessairement, mais aussi des \u00c9tats \u00e9trangers. Il est \u00e9vident que des \u00c9tats \u00e9trangers tentent d'utiliser les plateformes de m\u00e9dias sociaux pour semer la grogne au sein des d\u00e9mocraties. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8651181\" data-originallang=\"en\">Enfin, j'aimerais terminer en r\u00e9p\u00e9tant quelque chose que j'ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 dit: je trouve paradoxal que les conservateurs d\u00e9nigrent notre radiodiffuseur public, mais que lorsque cela fait leur affaire, je vois sur leurs m\u00e9dias sociaux des articles de ce radiodiffuseur public qui critiquent le gouvernement. Je le r\u00e9p\u00e8te, dans mon coin, on appelle cela de l'hypocrisie totale.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/10/29/kody-blois-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kody-blois/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4538/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12956936",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Committees of the House",
        "fr": "Les comit\u00e9s de la Chambre"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Canadian Heritage",
        "fr": "Patrimoine canadien"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/10/29/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F10%2F29%2F"
    }
}