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{
    "time": "2024-10-29 12:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Niki Ashton",
        "fr": "Mme Niki Ashton"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8651111\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8651112\" data-originallang=\"fr\">One of the reasons we put the amendment forward was to demonstrate that the Liberals are part of the problem when it comes to CBC/Radio-Canada's reputation crisis. Clearly, Canadians and Quebeckers are not happy that bonuses were paid to executives. We are talking about a Crown corporation, a public broadcaster, paying out bonuses at a time when Canadians are suffering and inequality has never been worse.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8651113\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Political interference must be avoided when it comes to news broadcasting, of course, but this is a governance issue. I think it is obvious that, in order to protect CBC/Radio-Canada, we need to render it accountable, and that means banning executive bonuses.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8651111\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie mon coll\u00e8gue de sa question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8651112\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Un des buts de l'amendement que nous avions pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 \u00e9tait aussi de d\u00e9montrer que les lib\u00e9raux font partie du probl\u00e8me dans le contexte de la crise de r\u00e9putation de CBC/Radio\u2011Canada. De toute \u00e9vidence, les Canadiens, les Canadiennes, les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois et les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9coises ne sont pas d'accord que des bonis aient \u00e9t\u00e9 vers\u00e9s aux dirigeants. On parle d'une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d'\u00c9tat, d'un diffuseur public qui se verse des bonis dans un contexte o\u00f9 les Canadiens sont en train de souffrir et o\u00f9 les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s n'ont jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 aussi grandes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8651113\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il est \u00e9vident qu'il faut \u00e9viter toute ing\u00e9rence politique lorsqu'il est question de la diffusion d'information, mais, dans ce cas-ci, c'est une question de gouvernance. Je pense qu'il est clair que, pour prot\u00e9ger CBC/Radio\u2011Canada, il faut s'assurer que des comptes sont rendus et que \u00e7a signifie qu'il faut interdire les bonis vers\u00e9s aux dirigeants.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/10/29/niki-ashton-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/niki-ashton/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4267/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12956471",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Committees of the House",
        "fr": "Les comit\u00e9s de la Chambre"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Sitting Resumed",
        "fr": "Reprise de la s\u00e9ance"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/10/29/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F10%2F29%2F"
    }
}