Marc Miller

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, I would first like to point out to the member across the way that we have a record number of Liberal members from Quebec. I speak to the. Furthermore, his cabinet includes a number of francophones. I think he is well supported. Furthermore, we saw during the election campaign that he made extra efforts to learn French. It is not easy, but I think Canadians know full [more]

Mr. Speaker, without denying the fact that anglophones have rights in Quebec, it is clear that the member opposite is spouting nonsense. I am not going to dignify that with an answer.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for her tireless work for Nunavummiut and for the north generally. Last week I had the chance to visit a number of indigenous broadcasters across the north to see the amazing work they are doing to revitalize the language, to broadcast their people and their languages. That is why I topped up the aboriginal broadcasting envelope that we have at [more]

Mr. Speaker, the member seems to be conveniently forgetting that we have invested $4 billion in our francophone strategy with the overhaul of the new Official Languages Act. As far as the situation with the CEO of Air Canada is concerned, we are obviously disappointed. He should have known better. We expect there to be a— An hon. member: What are you going to do, Marc? Hon. Marc Miller: Mr. [more]

Leader of the Opposition Mr. Speaker, while we were cutting immigration numbers, thewas travelling the length and breadth of the country promising visas to anyone and everyone. It is ridiculous. We do not need an Auditor General to verify that the Leader of the Opposition and many of his MPs are incompetent. It is absolutely ridiculous. It is proof of the opposition’s irresponsibility. I think [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, I got into politics because I love my country, Canada. The opposition member got into politics because he had tendinitis. He thinks that Canadians are losers and that his job is terrible. He is on video saying exactly that and also claiming that visas are being handed out to anyone and everyone across the province. That is irresponsible, and that is why we stand behind [more]

We passed a law that was very important, to make sure that people are doing their jobs and in some cases paying their fair share.

By its passage, it has signalled to the industry and to Canadians that we are expecting people to behave in a way, in a free and open society, as they should and to build up and make sure that we are building a society that allows, in this environment, the media to thrive justly, as you highlighted, by supporting freedom of expression, but in an environment that is fair and accessible to all.