I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to be here today to talk about how we can support Ukraine in its brave and hard fight to win this war, and in the absolutely essential work of rebuilding Ukraine after Ukraine’s victory.
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My visit with you today is significant. Not just because it’s the first time we’re together in nearly three years, and not just because there’s much to discuss, but because it will likely be the last time I address you as Chair of the CRTC. As such, it is an opportunity for me to reflect on what the CRTC has achieved for Canadians in the past five years, and to look ahead to how this organization is positioning itself for the future.
Good afternoon. What a wonderful afternoon it is to be here all together again at the Halifax International Security Forum. General Eyre, Deputy Minister Matthews, NATO counterparts, ministers who have come from far and wide, distinguished delegates, friends, allies, partners, welcome to Canada, welcome to Halifax.
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Bill C-11 and the changes it proposes are needed to modernize Canada’s broadcasting legislation and to give us the tools we need for the broadcasting system to adapt to the digital environment.
When we were in Edmonton just a few weeks ago, one of the things we spoke about was the role that union workers are playing and will play in helping to build a thriving worker-driven economy as Canada navigates the road to net-zero.
That was one of the pillars of the Fall Economic Statement I tabled last Thursday: a growing economy that will create good jobs for workers across the country—an economy that will have workers, union workers, leading the way.
As you just heard from the Prime Minister, the key message of the Fall Economic Statement that we tabled yesterday is making sure that we’re there for Canadians. We’re working to deliver hundreds of dollars in new support to low-income renters.
I would first like to acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional unceded territory of the Kanien'kehá:ka nation, which has long served as a place of gathering and exchange between nations.
Good afternoon.First, I want to acknowledge that the land we are gathered on is part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. I am delighted to be here in Milton today with the incredible people of DSV, and with my friend and colleague, Adam van Koeverden. He is such a great voice for the people of Milton in Ottawa.