Statement made on 08 December 2010 by Senator Marie-P. Poulin (Charette)
Hon. Marie-P. Poulin:
Honourable senators, my question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate. On November 23, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage raised the spectre of the government killing off our public broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada. At a meeting of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage in the other place, he publicly suggested that the parliamentary allocation to CBC/Radio-Canada should be diverted instead into production of content only.
Will the Leader of the Government in the Senate assure Canadians that the government has no intention of getting out of the public broadcasting business and that it fully supports public broadcasting?
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