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QUESTION PERIOD — Canadian Heritage

Media Support

June 6, 2019


My question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. TVA Group was forced to cut 68 positions across its operations. TVA described the cuts as follows:

[This] is the result of government inaction and the failure to modernize the system in order to keep businesses based in Quebec and the rest of Canada competitive.

Since being elected in 2015, the Trudeau government has been dragging its feet, especially when it comes to heritage. Some of the decisions it has made, such as the Netflix agreement, are questionable.

Does your government recognize that electronic media, and not just daily papers, are in crisis at the moment and need the government to take swift, comprehensive action?

Hon. Peter Harder (Government Representative in the Senate) [ + ]

I thank the senator for his question. He will know that the priority of this government has been with respect to the written media. I will take the honourable senator’s representation to the attention of the minister.

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