Bernard Généreux

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, thesaid that Canada would be the best-performing economy in the G7, yet here we are as the worst: more than 100,000 jobs lost in two months, the second-highest unemployment rate, the highest household debt and the highest food inflation in the G7. Instead of solving the problem, the Prime Minister continues to block projects, impose taxes on production, and inflate the [more]

You can understand that I don't want to pass judgment on the fact that some media outlets are receiving it and others aren't. The point is that one of these outlets, a public organization, receives over $1 billion to do its work. That's fine. However, the planned agreement with partners other than Google never materialized. In general, these agreements were meant to bring in much more than the [more]

Ms. Carignan, there have been agreements with Australia, for example, and in other parts of the world. Could you share some examples that you think have worked better than our current situation in Canada? Of course, $100 million is quite significant. However, I think that the government's expectations were much higher.

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Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to thank all the witnesses. It's quite informative. Mr. Omelus, I'll ask you a question. I gather that you speak French quite well, by the way. The Government of Canada has signed an agreement with Google that brings in $100 million a year, an indexable amount. Of this $100 million, Radio‑Canada receives $7 million because it employs journalists. The number [more]

Mr. Speaker, I spoke to farmers in my riding recently and they have had enough. They are paying more and more for inputs like gas, fertilizer and farm equipment all because of the Liberal carbon and clean fuel taxes, for example. Meanwhile, grocery prices continue to rise and everyone is paying more and more, which is really hard on families. When will this Liberal government finally stop going [more]

I know that the vice-president, who is responsible for programming, gave an interview on Radio-Canada. I'm not sure if it was last Friday or yesterday. In any case, I wouldn't be surprised if Radio-Canada sent us someone other than the CEO to come and justify that, but that's not what we want. That's the tricky part. We want the president to come to debate this issue, because it raises a [more]

We agree with the motion. However, I would like to give Mr. Champoux the opportunity to tell me whether, as I think, it would be appropriate to hear from people who have criticized Radio-Canada's decision, and by that I mean journalists, former employees or former program directors of ICI RDI. They all have a lot to say in Quebec right now. This decision has left everyone literally speechless [more]

I completely agree, although we could split our current study in two to make sure we have those two meetings. We can wait, that's not a problem, but we should make sure that all committee members don't deliberately ask questions about our current study when the president of Radio-Canada is here to discuss another topic. I can't tell others what to do, of course, but I think we have to be careful [more]